Kaouther Ben Hania
Image of Kaouther Ben Hania at the Carthage Film Festival 2018
Kaouther Ben Hania (Arabic: كوثر بن هنية; born 1977) is a Tunisian film director.[1] Beauty and the Dogs[2] (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.[3][4] Her 2020 film The Man Who Sold His Skin was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.[5]
Biography[]
Kaouther Ben Hania was born in Sidi Bouzid. She studied at the (EDAC) in Tunisia, then studied at La Fémis and the Sorbonne in Paris.[6]
Filmography[]
- Me, My Sister and the Thing, 2006
- Les imams vont à l’école, 2010[7]
- Yed Ellouh (Wooden Hand), 2013[8]
- Le Challat de Tunis (Challat of Tunis), 2013[9]
- Zaineb Takrahou Ethelj (Zaineb Hates the Snow), 2016[10]
- La Belle et la Meute (Beauty and the Dogs), 2017
- Les Pastèques du Cheikh (Sheikh’s Watermelons) (short film), 2018[11]
- The Man Who Sold His Skin, 2020
References[]
- ^ "The filmmaker and scriptwriter Kaouther Ben Hania joins the international jury". Clermont Film Festival. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Cannes: Tunisian Director Kaouther Ben Hania on Her First Feature Film 'Beauty and the Dogs'". Variety Magazine. May 25, 2018.
- ^ Neila, Driss (16 September 2018). "Oscars 2019 – Le film «La belle et la meute» de Kaouther Ben Hania représentera la Tunisie à la présélection". Tunis Webdo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (19 September 2018). "Oscars: Tunisia Selects 'Beauty and the Dogs' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Kaouther Ben Hania, historic Oscar nomination for Tunisia - Culture". ANSAMed. March 16, 2021.
- ^ Kaouther Ben Hania, africanfilmny.org.
- ^ Adams, Mark; critic2011-01-05T19:00:00+00:00, chief film. "Imams Go To School". Screen.
- ^ "2014 NY African Film Festival Begins Today, Runs (May 7 – May 13)". May 7, 2014.
- ^ "'Challat of Tunis': Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. May 15, 2014.
- ^ Goodfellow2016-11-07T11:03:00+00:00, Melanie. "'Zaineb Hates The Snow' triumphs at Carthage Film Festival". Screen.
- ^ Shackleton2018-09-29T12:36:00+01:00, Liz. "'A Land Imagined' takes top award at El Gouna Film Festival". Screen.
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