Jamel Sassi

What the Day Owes the Night

Alexandre Arcady

Nora Arnezeder, Fu'ad Aït Aattou

Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.

Paroles d'hommes

Jamila Chihi, Jamel Sassi

This film tells the tragicomic destiny of three friends. The same age, they are all three of humble origins. The story begins in the 1970s in Nafta and evokes their childhood.

صابون نظيف

Malik Amara

Jamel Sassi, Wajiha Jendoubi

Quiet Si Radji gets an idea when his screaming and unpleasant wife falls down from the balcony and sprain her foot. He will set up traps...

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Férid Boughedir

Selim Boughedir, Mustafa Adouani

Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.

نورا تحلم

Hinde Boujemaa

Hend Sabry, Lofti Abdelli

With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad — but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.

Arab Blues

Manele Labidi

Golshifteh Farahani, Hichem Yacoubi

Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.

Kelmat Rjal

Fathi Al-Maslamani, Lotfi Al-Daziri