Day: February 26, 2025

RED SEA FILM FOUNDATION-SUPPORTED PROJECTS WIN ACCLAIM AT BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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TêtesBrûlées, The Heart Is a Muscle, and Yalla Parkour Shine at Berlinale with Red Sea Film Foundation’s Support.  At the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival, three films supported by the Red Sea Film Foundation—TêtesBrûlées, The Heart is a Muscle, and Yalla Parkour—were honored with prestigious awards, underscoring the Foundation’s role in fostering impactful storytelling. “The Heart Is a Muscle’ was awarded the prestigious Ecumenical Jury Prize in the Panorama section.The film follows Ryan, whose five-year-old son briefly goes missing at a barbecue. His violent reaction to the incident sets off…

Tunisia bets on “Made in Tunisia” at the Tripoli International Fair 2025

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The Export Promotion Center (CEPEX) will focus Tunisian participation at the next Tripoli International Fair, scheduled for April 22-28, 2025, on promoting “Made in Tunisia”. This participation was the focus of a meeting, held on Sunday in Tripoli, between the deputy general manager of the Tripoli International Fair, Chokri Latif, and the CEO of CEPEX, Mourad Ben Hassine, who is on a working visit to Tripoli, the center said in a statement. During his visit to the Libyan capital, Ben Hassine met with officials from the Libyan Center for Export…

1,146 startups have been accredited

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Nejia Gharbi, CEO of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations CDC, announced that 1,146 startups had so far been accredited under the national “Startup Tunisia” program, with remarkable regional variations in the number of accreditations. She added: “The regional roadshow for the Startups and Innovative SMEs Project revealed two main findings This announcement was made at the closing event of a regional tour of the Startups and Innovative SMEs Project, organized on Tuesday in Tunis by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC). TunisianMonitorOnline (NejiMed)

Former Tunisia Tourism Minister to become UN-Tourism Secretary General?

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Habib Ammar, former minister of tourism for Tunisia is officially a candidate to become the next UN-Tourism Secretary- General. He competes with 5 other candidates from Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Mexico, and UAE. Tourism Minister Sofiane Tekaya said on Jan. 29 that Tunisia aims to attract more than 11 million tourists in 2025 as it strives to broaden its tourism offerings. Habib graduated from the Higher Cycle of the National School of Administration of Tunis, General Administration Section (February 1995) and holds a master’s degree in Management Sciences (option International Finance)—University…