Critic’s Week competition Jury
A film critic and programmer. He studied under Positif critic Michel Ciment and graduated from the University of Aix-Marseille with a Master’s thesis on My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant. He went on to study at the University of Paris VII Denis Diderot, with a thesis on David Cronenberg’s Crash. He subsequently taught French and cinema at the University of Bath and UWE Bristol and worked for Arte France Cinéma as part of the film funding committee. He has served as President of the International Cinephile Society for fifteen years, and during that time he has been regularly attending and writing about festivals around the world. He has served on juries at festivals such as the Noir In Fest, the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, the Morelia International Film Festival, the Istanbul Film Festival, the Göteborg Film Festival and the San Sebastián International Film Festival. In 2018 he became a programmer for the Giornate degli Autori sidebar section of the Venice Film Festival. He is a member of the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (SFCC) and FIPRESCI.
An Egyptian actress has been involved in many Films and television series since her appearance in 2004, including her important performances in films like “Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story” and “678” for which she won the Jury Prize at the Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival, and was nominated for the Best Actress Award. She also won the second best female role award from the Foundation of the African Film Festival in Khouribga, in Morocco, in addition to a certificate of appreciation from the jury of the 59th Catholic Center for Egyptian Film Festival. She won the award for Best Actress in a Second Role at the 39th Annual Film Association Festival for Egyptian Cinema.
She was also among the cast of Yousry Nasrallah’s “After the Battle” which participated at the Cannes Film Festival 2012, and was nominated for the Palme d’Or award.
She has received awards and nominations from several festivals, such as the Cannes Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival in Italy, the Valencia International Festival in France, the Carthage Festival in Tunisia and the Luxor Festival for Egyptian and European Cinema.
Tunisian filmmaker made more than 20 features and shorts. He is the president of the independent filmmakers and producer’s union, and a member of the International Forum for Cultural Diversity. He was the director of the Carthage Film Festival 2015- 2016, and the Artistic Director of the Carthage Film Festival 2021. He also was the Director of the European Film Festival : 2008, 2009 and 2010 sessions. He acted as a jury member in several international film festivals.