Poster Needed - Tunisia - Narrative Short Films

Amira, a woman caught up in the clutter of adult life, returns to her childhood home and recalls her memories, especially those of her imaginary friend Fares. This is where she decides to take control of her life.

In an isolated and desert land, a couple tries to survive to a family tragedy: the loss of two children. Each of the two characters, attempts to overcome the pain and grieving. Two lonely quests for reconciliation with oneself, with others and especially the quest for survival.

A woman can not forget the rape she suffered from as a child.

A young woman gets rid of her baby leaving it on a ferry boat She spends the day on the dock hoping a passenger will find him. At the same time, a man is looking for her.

As he is walking back home after his team has lost a game, a football fan meets a stray dog. Ali will spend several hours with the dog wandering through a freezing cold Tunis.

Moving between the real, the atrocious and the imaginary, this film tells the story of the assassination of an Algerian teacher.

Sarah returns to Tunisia after being away for a few months. Her grandfather is ill and his health has deteriorated since her last visit.

A young smoker sees with the same indifference every time he opens a pack of cigarettes, the image of a man in intensive care.

Richa is a young boy who loves football and cleans windshields. He loses his squeegee while working on the street.

An old man is thrown out of a warehouse, and his face is wounded. He walks in the streets of the city and finds many people and situations that get his attention.

A man discovers that he has been declared dead according to official records. He looks for a sign, evidence of life or of death.

Somewhere, in a Caféshop, a man comes up to a woman and asks her for a lighter. She says, « Have we met before? » He answers, « It seems we have. » A short-lived relationship begins between the two of them; a relationship mixing love, reunion and separation. It's their story, a special story. It's also a bit our story, too.

Kamel, 30, receives an unexpected call from a woman he's never met. He begins a game of seduction with her and doesn't hesitate to pass himself off as someone he's not.

How can the life of a thirty-something man change suddenly from one day to the next ? Sami, a dynamic manager, works for an insurance company. His daily life is dull until the day he notices a young woman in the street. She becomes his reason of living: he's love-struck.

In the middle of nowhere, a strange relationship develops between a lonely man and his goldfish.

Nebil, is in his 30s and works for a start-up. His colleague goes on vacation and is replaced by Selma, a former love. Their reunion is full of laughter and regret, memories and fear.

Ali Raïs is a pirate armed by the Bey of Tunis. In the year 124, his fleet was arrested by the Marquis of Santa Cruz and he found himself a prisoner, with his six hundred men in Palermo. Italian witnesses will recognize him and denounce him to the Inquisition as a renegade, an indictment which is liable to the stake. Ali seeks to influence the course of the trial, he denies ever having been a Christian and proclaims himself a Muslim, the son of a Muslim. A long game of failure takes place between the court and the prisoner, he alternately tries to speed up or slow down the course of the trial depending on the nature of the information and testimony available to the inquisitors. We believe we are witnessing a modern trial where the shots alternate according to the investigations. This story of Ali Raïs was however not invented, the character is real and all the facts are recorded in a handwritten account of the hearings of the court of the inquisition.