Kaouther Ben Hania studied Cinema at the Tunisian École des Arts et du Cinéma (EDAC), and later in Paris (at La Fémis and La Sorbonne). After directing several short films, she shot the feature-length documentaries Imams go to School (2010) and Zaineb Hates the Snow (2016, selected in Locarno). Her first fiction feature, Challat of Tunis (2013), opened the ACID section of the Cannes Film Festival, and her second, Beauty and the Dogs (2017), premiered at Un Certain Regard where it won an award for the best sound creation, before receiving the Meeting Point’s Youth Award at Seminci. Her next work, The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), premiered in Venice and was nominated for an Oscar, while Four Daughters (2023) was premiered in Cannes where it won the Golden Eye for the best documentary film of the festival, and it represented Tunisia in the race for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid
