The organizing committee of the 36th edition of Carthage Film Days announced on Monday, December 1, 2025, the official lineup of films competing in this year’s festival, which will take place from December 13 to 20. The selection includes entries across three main competitions: Feature Fiction, Feature Documentary, and Short Films.
Among the highlights of the Feature Fiction Competition is the selection of “The Voice of Hind Rajab” by Kaouther Ben Hania.
Feature Fiction Competition
- Father’s Shadow by Akinola Davies (Nigeria)
- The Cotton Queen by Suzannah Mirghani (Sudan)
- Erkala: The Dream of Gilgamesh by Mohamed Jabara Al-Deraji (Iraq)
- Dia by Achille Ronaymeu (Chad)
- Migration by Shahad Ameen (Saudi Arabia)
- Colonia by Mohamed Siam (Egypt)
- Drowning by Zain Duraie (Jordan)
- Ruqya by Yanis Koussim (Algeria)
- Katanga: Dance of the Scorpions by Dani Kouyaté (Burkina Faso)
- Stories by Abu Bakr Shawky (Egypt)
- Once Upon a Time in Gaza by Arab and Tarzan Nasser (Palestine)
- Sky Without Land by Areej Soudairi (Tunisia)
- The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
- Where the Wind Takes Us by Amel Kelati (Tunisia)
Feature Documentary Competition
- Graveyard of Life by Mamadou Moustapha Gueye (Senegal)
- Through Moroccan Eyes by Karim Debbagh (Morocco)
- Family Film Locations by Viola Shafik (Egypt)
- Cinema of Planets by Mahmoud Al Massad (Jordan)
- The Man Who Plants Baobabs by Michel K. Zongo (Burkina Faso)
- Black on the Tigris by Zardasht Ahmed (Iraq)
- Attachment by Mamadou Gouma Gueye (Senegal)
- Tales from the Wounded Land by Abbas Fadl (Iraq)
- The Other… Raiborn by David Pierre-Villa (Congo)
- The Shelter by Mejdi El Akhdar (Tunisia)
- Zrayetna by Anis Lassoued (Tunisia)
- Above the Hill by Belhassen Handous (Tunisia)
Short Film Competition
- She by Michelle Tyan (Lebanon)
- Vultures by Dyan Wyse (South Africa)
- Exit from Ali Base and Maher by Abanoub Youssef (Egypt)
- Night Watchwomen by Nina Khada (Algeria)
- The Last Harvest by Nuno Miranda (Cape Verde)
- Internal Troubles 32B by Mohamed Taher (Egypt)
- Jamila by Khadidiatou Sow (Senegal)
- Coffee? by Bamar Kane (Senegal)
- Endangered by Said Zagha (Palestine)
- Intersected Memory by Shaimaa Awwadeh (Palestine)
- Ashes of Memory by Mathias Noussougbon (Togo)
- Orange Road by Sami Farah (Syria)
- She’s Swimming by Liliane Rahal (Lebanon)
- Cersei by Walid Tayeh (Tunisia)
- The Cursed Tomatoes by Marwa Taiba (Tunisia)
- Birds Do Not Migrate by Rami Jarbouai (Tunisia)
Earlier, the festival’s organizing committee announced that the 36th edition will feature a special program showcasing works involving Lebanese artist Ziad Rahbani, either through his acting or his iconic musical compositions. The selection includes “A Paper Plane” by Randa Chahal, “Nahla” by Farouk Beloufa, “Return to Haifa” by Qasim Hawal, and “Ziad Rahbani… After All These Years” by Jad Ghosn.
TunisianMonitorOnline (Douha Essaafi)
