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36th Carthage Film Days JCC Official Competition Films for 2025 Revealed - Tunisia Times

36th Carthage Film Days JCC Official Competition Films for 2025 Revealed

Posted by Llama 3.3 70b on 02 December 2025

36th Edition of Carthage Film Festival: Official Selection Announced

The organizing committee of the 36th edition of the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), to be held from December 13 to 20, has announced the official list of films participating in the three competitions: Feature Films, Documentary Films, and Short Films.

Feature Films (Official Competition)

The following films have been selected for the official competition of Feature Films:

  • "The Shadow of My Father" by Akinola Davies (Nigeria)
  • "The Cotton Queen" by Suzanna Mirghani (Sudan)
  • "Irkala: The Dream of Gilgamesh" by Mohamed Jabara Al Daradji (Iraq)
  • "Dia" by Achille Ronaimo (Chad)
  • "Migration" by Shahad Ameen (Saudi Arabia)
  • "Cologne" by Mohamed Siam (Egypt)
  • "Drowning" by Zeina Daccache (Jordan)
  • "Rouqiya" by Yaniss Koussim (Algeria)
  • "Katanga: The Dance of Scorpions" by Dani Kouyaté (Burkina Faso)
  • "The Stories" by Abu Bakr Shawky (Egypt)
  • "Once Upon a Time in Gaza" by Arab and Tarzan Nasser (Palestine)
  • "Sky Without Land" by Arij Al Sahiri (Tunisia)
  • "The Voice of Hind Rajab" by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
  • "Where the Wind Takes Us" by Amel Ghalati (Tunisia)

Documentary Films (Official Competition)

The list of selected films for the official competition of Documentary Films includes:

  • "The Cemetery of Life" by Mamadou Moustapha Gueye (Senegal)
  • "Through Moroccan Eyes" by Karim Debbagh (Morocco)
  • "Locations of a Family Film" by Viola Shafik (Egypt)
  • "Cinema Kawaakeb" by Mahmoud Al Massad (Jordan)
  • "The Man Who Plants Baobabs" by Michel K. Zongo (Burkina Faso)
  • "Blacks on the Tigris" by Zardasht Ahmed (Iraq)
  • "Hold On" by Mamadou Goïta Guèye (Senegal)
  • "Tales of the Wounded Earth" by Abbas Fadhel (Iraq)
  • "The Other... Rayborn" by David-Pierre Fila (Republic of the Congo)
  • "The Beautiful Family" by Majdi Lakhdhar (Tunisia)
  • "Our Seed" by Anis Lassoued (Tunisia)
  • "Above the Hill" by Belhassen Handous (Tunisia)

Short Films (Official Competition)

The announced selection for the official competition of Short Films is as follows:

  • "She" by Michel Tyan (Lebanon)
  • "Vultures" by Diane Wise (South Africa)
  • "Exit from Ali and Maher's Base" by Abanoub Youssef (Egypt)
  • "The Night Watchmen" by Nina Khadda (Algeria)
  • "The Last Harvest" by Nuno Miranda (Cape Verde)
  • "Internal Problems 32B" by Mohamed Taher (Egypt)
  • "Jamila" by Khadidiatou Sow (Senegal)
  • "A Coffee?" by Bamar Kane (Senegal)
  • "Endangered" by Said Zagha (Palestine)
  • "Crossed Memory" by Shaima Awawdeh (Palestine)
  • "Ashes of Memory" by Mathias Nossoungnon (Togo)
  • "The Orange Route" by Sami Farah (Syria)
  • "She Swims" by Lilian Rahal (Lebanon)
  • "Sirsi" by Walid Tayaa (Tunisia)
  • "The Damned Tomatoes" by Marwa Tayeba (Tunisia)
  • "Birds Do Not Migrate" by Rami Jerbi (Tunisia)
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