Férid Boughedir
Férid Boughedir (born 1944) in Hammam Lif, is a Tunisian film director and screenwriter. Career Boughedir has directed five films since 1983. His film '' Caméra d'Afrique'' was screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 1996, his film '' Un été à La Goulette'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he was a member of the jury at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1997. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film '' The People vs. Larry Flynt'' directed by Miloš Forman. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian f .... Filmography * '' Caméra d'Afrique'' (1983) * ''Caméra arabe'' (1987) * '' Halfaouine Child of the Terraces'' (1990) * '' Un été à La Goulette'' (1996) * ''Villa Jasmin'' (2008) References External links * Les gens du cinémaInterview with the directorby Giuseppe Sedia at ''Clapnoir.org'' - 27 May 2008 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hammam Lif
Hammam-Lif () is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount Bou Kornine. History Naro, which means fire, was Hammam-Lif's Punic name. In 1883, the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme discovered in his Hammam-lif residence the ruins of an ancient synagogue that once stood in Hammam-Lif in the 3rd-5th century, when it was part of the province of Africa Byzacena. The is earliest known synagogue from North Africa. Hammam-Lif was once the home of Italian, Greek and Jewish communities, especially before the end of the French colonial period. Hammam-Lif's most interesting site is probably Dar El Bey, which was the residence of Ali II Bey, the 4th bey of Tunis. Sport The local football team Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif won the Tunisian championship in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and the Tunisian Cup in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1985 and 2001. Notable people * Ahmed Acho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series. Terminology In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "Film scenario, scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a contra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Twenty Years Of African Cinema
''Twenty Years of African Cinema'' () is a 1983 Tunisian documentary film directed by Férid Boughedir. Synopsis The film (as the title suggests) looks back at 20 years of African cinema featuring interviews with pioneering independent filmmakers such as Sembene Ousmane and Djibril Diop Mambéty overcoming obstacles (lack of funds and support) to tell authentic African stories after years of the continent being a backdrop for Westernized cinema full of depictions of its people as inhuman. Legacy It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In April 2019, a restored version of the film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. See also * Third World Cinema *Colonialism Colonialism is the control of another territory, natural resources and people by a foreign group. Colonizers control the political and tribal power of the colonised territory. While frequently an Imperialism, imperialist p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1983 Cannes Film Festival
The 36th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1983. American author William Styron served as jury president for the main competition. Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for the drama film '' The Ballad of Narayama''. In 1983, the festival's new main building, the ''Palais des Festivals et des Congrès'', was inaugurated. Initially many described it as "a hideous concrete blockhouse", nicknaming it ''The Bunker''. The festival opened with '' The King of Comedy'' by Martin Scorsese, and closed with '' WarGames'' by John Badham. Juries Main competition * William Styron, American author - Jury President * Henri Alekan, French cinematographer * Yvonne Baby, French journalist and author *Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet filmmaker and actor * Youssef Chahine, Egyptian filmmaker * Souleymane Cissé, Malian filmmaker * Gilbert de Goldschmidt, French producer *Mariangela Melato, Italian actress *Karel Reisz, British filmmaker * L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Summer In La Goulette
''A Summer in La Goulette'' (, ) is a 1996 film by Tunisian director Férid Boughedir. It is a narrative of how intercommunal relations deteriorated in cosmopolitan La Goulette after the end of French rule, especially Muslim-Jewish relations affected by the Six-Day War and the rising impact of Islam on Tunisian society. The film also features La Goulette native Claudia Cardinale as herself. The film was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Youssef ( Mustapha Adouani) is a Muslim who works on the TGM and lives in La Goulette. His best friends are Jewish Jojo the brik seller and Sicilian Catholic Giuseppe the fisherman, who are also his neighbours. Their daughters grow up together and share their prospects for life, but the landlord Hadj Beji ( Gamil Ratib) has his eyes on Youssef's daughter Meriem ( Sonia Mankaï). Cast * Gamil Ratib : Hadj Beji * Mustapha Adouani : Youssef * Guy Nataf : Jojo * Ivo Salerno : Giuseppe * Michel Boujenah : TSF * Cla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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46th Berlin International Film Festival
The 46th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1996. The Golden Bear was awarded to ''Sense and Sensibility'' directed by Ang Lee. The retrospective dedicated to American film director, producer and screenwriter William Wyler was shown at the festival. Juries Main Competition The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian actor, filmmaker and producer - Jury President * Gila Almagor, Israeli actress and writer * Vincenzo Cerami, Italian writer, screenwriter and playwright * Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress and director * Ann Hui, Hong Kong filmmaker * Peter Lilienthal, German filmmaker * Jürgen Prochnow, German actor * Claude Rich, French actor * Fay Weldon, British writer and playwright * Catherine Wyler, American producer and artistic director * Christian Zeender, Swiss musician Official Sections Main Competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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47th Berlin International Film Festival
The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1997. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film '' The People vs. Larry Flynt'' directed by Miloš Forman. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film director G. W. Pabst was shown at the festival. Juries The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: Main Competition * Jack Lang, French politician - Jury President * Hark Bohm, German actor and filmmaker * Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker and producer * Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong/Chinese actress and model * Fred Gronich, American senior executive of the MPAA * David Hare, British filmmaker and playwright * Per Holst, Danish producer * Boleslaw Michalek, Polish screenwriter and film critic * Humberto Solás, Cuban director and screenwriter * Marianne Sägebrecht, German actress * Ning Ying, Chinese filmmaker Official Sections Main Competition The following films were in competition for th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Halfaouine Child Of The Terraces
''Halfaouine: Boy of The Terraces'' is a 1990 Tunisian film, the first fiction feature film by the director Ferid Boughedir. Synopsis In Halfaouine, a Tunis neighbourhood, young Noura, finely acted by the director's nephew, is divided between several worlds: that of men in the streets, the women with whom he can still share the hammam (Turkish bath) despite his puberty approaching, and his imagination in which he fears the transition to adult life. Boughedir paints a happy picture of Tunisian life, and illustrates the subtle and complex relationships between men and women in Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m .... The boy discovers the pleasures of life as his family adopts a teen girl. The boy tries whenever he has a chance to see her unclothed body. Afte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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