Titre: CinemaTuesday: Tunisia in Films, Bobby & Cursed Be the Phosphate
Lieu: FIAF, 55 E 59th st

Description: Bobby
Mehdi M. Barsaoui, 2012. Color. 18 min.
With Alaeddine Ben Hamza, Jamel Sassi, Chekra Rammeh.
Arabic with English subtitles

It’s the first day of school, and 8-year-old Fares is finally allowed to walk to school alone. Along his way, he encounters a stray dog that he names Bobby. It’s the beginning of a true friendship until Fares decides to bring Bobby back home.

Maudit soit le phosphate
Sami Tlili, 2012. Color. 76 min.
With Béchir Abidi, Adel Jayyar, Laila Khaled.
Arabic with English subtitles

Three years before the events of January 2011, a protest broke out in the Gafsa mining basin. Although ultimately unsuccessful and brutally suppressed by the government, this “revolt for dignity” inspired the Tunisian revolution. Now, four years later, director Sam Tlili returns to the Basin to examine life in the region today. A forceful, elegant documentary.

Heure début: 19:30
Date: 2013-05-28

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Description: Following the revolution in 2011, Tunisian photographers, required to work with a license under President Ben Ali’s regime, took to the streets to freely capture the momentous reaction to the Arab Spring in real-time.

World Nomads Tunisia presents photographs from seven contemporary Tunisian photographers, offering a remarkable view of these important events taken by those who lived through them.
Featuring work by Héla Ammar, Amine Boussoffara, Wassim Ghozlani, Amine Landoulsi, Zied Ben Romdhane, Rim Temimi, & Patricia Triki.

Date début: 2013-05-04
Heure début: 17:00
Date fin: 2013-05-18

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Featuring:

◦Dora Bouchoucha, Film Producer & Founder of Nomadis Images
◦Amna Guellali, Director of Human Rights Watch Tunisia
◦Lina Lazaar Jameel, Sotheby’s International Contemporary Art Specialist
And via Skype:

◦Hélé Béji, Writer
◦El Iza Mohamedou, Chief Political Analyst at the African Development Bank
In English

Heure début: 13:00
Date: 2013-05-07

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Curated by Tunisianbased Leila Souissi, the exhibition features work by four female artists who spotlight the challenges they have faced not just as artists, but also as women.

Featuring work by Héla Ammar, Amel Ben Attia, Nicène Kossentini, Mouna Jemal Siala & Mohamed Ben Slama.

Date début: 2013-05-08
Date fin: 2013-06-01

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Since the 13th century, souks have played a central role in the culture and economy of the Arab world. Come and browse beautiful hand-made crafts that reflect Tunisia’s rich artistic traditions from rugs, textiles, and contemporary clothing to colorful ceramics and glassware.

Date début: 2013-05-08
Date fin: 2013-05-10

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Description: Join leading contemporary Tunisian women for a lunchtime discussion about the significant and growing role of women as drivers of social, artistic, and political change post-revolution.

Featuring:

◦Keynote Speaker Yamina Benguigui, French Minister of Francophonie
◦Dora Bouchoucha, Film Producer & Founder of Nomadis Images
◦Kenza Fourati, Model & Blogger
◦Amna Guellali, Director of Human Rights Watch Tunisia
◦Lina Lazaar Jameel, Sotheby’s International Contemporary Art Specialist
◦Leila Souissi, Tunisian Contemporary Arts Specialist
In English

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-05-06

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Moufida Tlatli, 1994. Color. 127 min.
With Amel Hedhili, Hend Sabri
Arabic and French with English subtitles

When Alia returns to the palace where she grew up with her servant mother, all of the childhood memories she struggled to bury come flooding back. A powerful look at female oppression during the reign of the last monarchs in Tunisia.

Winner of the 1994 Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Tue, May 7 at 12:30 & 4pm
Dora Bouchoucha presents The Silences of the Palace at 7pm
Date: 2013-05-07

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Description: World Nomads Tunisia invites you to view work and meet prolific Tunisian graffiti artists, eL Seed and Jaye, at the New Museum’s biennial outdoor street fair, IDEAS CITY.

Bring your own message of peace to share on canvases prepared by the artists

Heure début: 11:00
Date: 2013-05-04
Heure fin: 18:00

Titre: Selma & Sofiane Ouissi
Lieu: FIAF, Tinker Auditorium , 55 East 59th Street

Description: Tunisian choreographers Selma and Sofiane Ouissi—two major figures in the Arab dance scene—present a poetic 12-minute video work, shown on the festival’s opening night. The brother-sister pair appear on film, performing a dance inspired by the process and technique of traditional women potters living in Sejnane, Tunisia. Through their abstract and sensual choreography, the duo honor and promote this disappearing art form, practiced solely by women.

Free & open to the public

Heure début: 19:00
Date: 2013-05-03
Heure fin: 20:00

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A meditative work, made all the more profound by Tsvi’s quiet on-stage presence, and a stunning lighting installation inspired by travels to Tunisia.

Date début: 2013-05-09
Date fin: 2013-05-10