All Projects

Beauty and the Dogs

Fall Grants 2016

Synopsis

During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with him. During a long night, Mariam will have to fight for her rights and her dignity. But how can justice be delivered when it lies on the side of the tormentors? ‘Beauty and the Dogs’ is a profoundly moving tale of a woman who, in the most undignified of situations, insists on maintaining her dignity and demanding some of humanity’s most basic rights—the right to be heard, to expose the truth, and to see justice served.

Credits

Director

Kaouther Ben Hania

Screenwriter

Kaouther Ben Hania

Producer

Habib Attia, Nadim Cheikhrouha

Production Company

Cinétéléfilms, Tanit Films

About the Director

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania studied cinema in Tunisia and in Paris at La Fémis and the Sorbonne. She has directed several short films, including ‘Wooden Hand’ (2013), which had a lengthy and successful run on the international festival circuit. Her documentary film ‘Imams Go to School’ had its premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in 2010 and was selected for numerous prestigious film festivals. ‘Challat of Tunis’, her first feature film, opened the ACID section of the Festival de Cannes in 2014. Her most recent film, ‘Zaineb Hates the Snow’, shot over years in Canada and Tunisia, premiered in the Official Selection of the Festival del Film Locarno in 2016, won a Golden Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival, and was named Best Documentary at Cinémed.

Awards and Festival History

Festivals

Cannes FF 2017, Un Certain Regard (WP)
Sarajevo FF 2017, SFF Partner Presents
BFI London FF 2017
Busan IFF 2017, Flash Forward

Awards

"Best Director of Photography Award (Johan Holmquist) and Best Screenwriter, Malmo Arab FF 2017, Opening Film
Cineuropa Prize, CENEMAMED 2017 (Brussels Mediterranean FF)
Best Actress (Mariam Al Ferjani), Arab Cinema Center Critics’ Awards 2018
Tunisia's O

Contacts

Top of page