It was last night, on November 13, 2022 that the 44th edition of the Cairo Film Festival (CIFF), which will continue until November 22, 2022, was opened.
Like every year, Tunisian filmmakers will participate in a remarkable way.
Four Tunisian jury members:
– Moufida Fedhila, producer, member of the Arab cinema jury.
Moufida Fedhila is director, producer and visual artist. His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions around the world. His film Ayawhich in 2017 won the Tanit d’Or for the best fictional short film at Carthage’s film days, was selected in international competition at several festivals such as the International Clermont-Ferrand short film festival and the New Moviemakers Los Angeles in partnership with the American Oscar Academy. Moufida Fedhila founded with filmmaker Mehdi Hmili “Yol Film House” and produces several award -winning fiction and documentary films in several festivals. During the 34th International Cinema Festival seen from Africa in Montreal, a tribute was awarded to him for all of his work. Moufida Fedhila is a member of the French -speaking cinema academy.
Moufida Fedhila is the film producer Streamsdirected by Mehdi Hemili, in competition at CIFF in 2021 and who had won the Best Actress Prize for AFEF Ben Mahmoud.
– Rim Turki, actress, member of the short films jury.
Rim Turki is a Franco-Tunisian actress and screenwriter based in Paris.
Arriving in Paris when her diplomat father settled there, she goes through the Florent course. It begins in Sand screens by Randa Chahal Sabbagh then plays in The medina sultan by Moncef Dhouib, before obtaining the Young Hope Prize at the Festival des Trois Continents in 1993.
After an interpretation prize at the Cairo International Film Festival for Keswa, the lost thread From Kalthoum Bornaz, she writes a sociology thesis on the sexuality of Maghreb emigrans in France. Its best known role is that of Nahila in The sun doorproduced by Youssry Nasralleh. Rim also played in the film Memory Boxin competition “Horizns of Arab cinema” during the 43rd edition of the CIFF.
– Raja Amiri, member of the Cairo Movie Connection jury.
Raja Amari was born in Tunis. After obtaining her master’s degree in French literature at the University of Tunis, she graduated from the Fémis, the French School of Cinematographic Studies.
His first feature film, Red satin (2002) was presented at first at the Berlin International Film Festival. He has won numerous awards and was acclaimed by the public and the press. His second film, The secrets (2009), is part of the official selection of the 66th Mostra of Venice. This feature film was presented at various cinema festivals and MoMA. In 2014, Amari realized Tunisian springa TV movie for Arte Television, and her feature film Foreign body is presented worldwide at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016. In 2020, she produced Ghofrane and the promises of spring/she had a dreamwhich was presented at first at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) and was screened in many other festivals.
In 2019, Raja Amari became a member of the Academy of Arts and Cinema Sciences (Oscars), and in 2020, she was appointed President of the Gan Foundation Jury for Cinema in France.
– Henda Haouala, member of the Jury Fipresci.
Lecturer in audiovisual and cinema techniques at the Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts at the University of Manouba in Tunisia, Henda is a doctor of arts and techniques of the arts. She is the author of the book “Aesthetics of the documentary, Tunisian cinema post-revolution” published in 2017. She participated in collective works published in France and Spain. She was artistic director of two festivals (Toiff 2019, Manarat 2022) and member of the artistic committee of the Carthage Film Festival (2015/2016/2020). She was a member of the jury of several film festivals in Tunisia and abroad. Since 2012, she has been a film screenplay consultant.
Two feature films in competition:
– The island of forgivenessdirected by Ridha Behi, in international competition and will make its world first in Gala projection on November 17.
Synopsis
To be able to achieve the wish of her deceased mother, Andrea must face her demons in order to find peace in her rabid soul, so that he can forgive himself and forgive those who injured him.
I would come back theredirected by Yassine Redissi, who will also make her world premiere on November 17.
Synopsis
A group of young people goes back up the traces of an old Tunisian singer exiled by trying to reconstruct his forgotten discography which he had entirely dedicated to his love for Tunisia.
A short film in competition:
– Trinouproduced by Nejib Kthiri.
Synopsis
Omar, a desperate teenager, tries to escape his depressed reality by collecting magazine cuts.
Two projects in post production at the Cairo Film Connection:
– Red path / Red path Lotfi Achour
Synopsis
Two young shepherds, Nizar (16) and his cousin Achraf (14) graze their goats in a meadow, in height in a mountainous region of the central-west of Tunisia. This area has become a militarized area, prohibited for civilians since it started to serve as a lair for jihadist groups. Ignoring their error in judgment, the two shepherds are violently attacked and Achraf loses consciousness. When Achraf wakes up, he sees the body of Nizar lying inanimate next to him, when one of the terrorists launches a round mass towards him, telling him to bring him back to their family. Achraf discovers with horror that this is the head cut off from his cousin. After some hesitation, full of pain and fear, Achraf finally places his head cut in his bag and carries his terrible burden at the bottom of the mountain. He finds the courage to accomplish his heinous duty with the support of Rahma, his 13 -year -old cousin. The victim’s family will attempt at all costs to recover the adolescent’s body, refusing to bury it without their body.
– Jannet’s seasons from Mehdi Hemili
Synopsis
In a Tunisian coastal village lives Jannet, a young mother and worker in a textile factory. Jannet struggles to finish the construction of his modest house to free herself from the grip of her husband’s family. At the textile factory, Jannet succeeds in forming a union to protect the rights of workers. But the boss of the factory informs them that the company is bankrupt and immediately closes. Jannet is devastated by the news. She does not despair and decides to take control of the factory and manage it with her comrades. This long and fierce battle will forever change Jannet’s personal life.
Neïla Driss
