Day: December 9, 2024

‘Take My Breath’ Filmmaker Nada Mezni Hafaiedh On Being “Truthful To The Experience Of An Intersex Individual” In Tunisia’s Oscar Entry – Contenders International

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Tunisian Oscar entry Take My Breath explores the clash between desire and identity as the life of 23-year-old seamstress Shams (Amina Ben Ismail) is overturned when their intersex identity is exposed. Targeted by an obsessive attacker, Shams escapes to the capital city and lives in the shadows, shunned by true love and rejected by society’s rigid norms and expectations. From writer-director Nada Mezni Hafaiedh, Take My Breath originally world premiered at the Warsaw International Film Festival. It went on to win the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival’s top prize and Best Actress for Ismail. Casting Ismail was a stroke…

Tunisia-Libya Joint Trade Committee held in Tripoli

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The Tunisian-Libyan Joint Trade Committee was inaugurated on Saturday morning, December 7, 2024, under the chairmanship of Minister of Trade and Export Development, Samir Abid for the Tunisian side and Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Mohamed Al-Hweij, for the Libyan side, in the presence of high-level delegations from both countries and the participation of a delegation of businessmen and the President of the Tunisian Union for Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA). The Minister of Trade and Export Development stressed that this committee is the ideal space to overcome the…

Tunisian olive oil exports jump by 47% last November

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According to data from the National Oil Office, Tunisian olive oil exports increased by 47% year-on-year in November. TAP News Agency reported that Tunisia exported 14,781 tons of olive oil for revenues of 281 million Tunisian dinars (about 90 million US dollars). A year ago, Tunisia exported 10,053 tons in November, worth 241 million Tunisian dinars (about 78 million US dollars). Most of Tunisia’s olive oil exports are directed mainly to the markets of the European Union, the United States of America, Canada and the Gulf countries. This development in…

Releasing the Official Trailer for “Abdo & Saneya” In Parallel With Its World Premiere at Red Sea Film Festival

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In parallel with the world premiere of “Abdo & Saneya” as part of the Arab Masterpieces section at the fourth Red Sea International Film Festival, held between (5-14) December, the official trailer has been released. In two minutes or less, the trailer highlights the story of the Egyptian farmers Abdo and Saneya who abandoned their simple village and headed to New York City with no English proficiency and without being familiar with the American way of life. Additionally, they were illiterate. However, they defied the odds to find a cure…

Day Three of RSIFF 2024 Explores the Full Gamut of International Cinema

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The third day of the 2024 Red Sea International Film Festival marked the international premiere of SUKKAR: SABAABAA W HOUBOUB AL KHARZIZ and world premieres of HOBAL and TALES ON THE BANKS OF THE BOSPHORUS. There were also MENA premieres for LUMIERE, LE CINEMA; TO KILL A MONGOLIAN HORSE; SIMA’S SONG and RED PATH, the GCC premiere of THE INEVITABLE JOURNEY TO FIND A WEDDING DRESS and a gala screening of NAPOLI – NEW YORK. Stars, directors, producers and key crew from all the films walked the red carpet at Culture Square in the heart of Al Balad, celebrating a phenomenal mixture of cultures.…