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The TV Is Coming (Talfza Jaya), by Moncef Dhouib. Tunisia, 2006, 95 min, 35mm, U.S. Premiere
OPENING-NIGHT FILM
“The TV is coming! The TV is coming!” rings the cry throughout the small Tunisian village of el-Malaga, after a phone call from the capital announces the arrival of a German TV production. The town’s cultural committee springs into action to welcome the imagined European and American audiences, setting off a series of hysterical antics. Laughs follow, as each member of the cultural committee attempts to inflict a different vision of an ideal history on the town, but so does a poignant message about small-town life and visions of the West.
Followed by: Ciné-bus, by Moncef Dhouib. Tunisia, 2006, 12 min, Beta SP
Thu, Nov 8, 7:00 p.m. Q&A with lead actress Fatma Ben Saidane
Sun, Nov 11, 9:30 p.m.
Wed, Nov 14, 2:00 p.m
Filmmaker's Biography
Born in 1952 in Sfax, Tunisia, Moncef Dhouib graduated from the University Paris III and returned to Tunisia to work in street puppet theater. He was also part of the emerging movement of Tunisian amateur filmmakers. Beginning in the 1980s, he directed a series of short films: Hammam D’Hab (1985), The Trance (El-Hadhrah, 1989) and Earth (Tourba, 1996). His first feature, titled The Sultan of the Medina (Soltane el-Medina, 1993), earned him critical and popular success. Dhouib alternates between film and theater; his play El-Mekki and Zakia ran for six years onstage in Tunisia. The TV Is Coming is his second feature-length fiction film.
Festivals and Awards
- Carthage Film Festival, 2006
- Cairo International Film Festival, 2006
- Dubai International Film Festival, 2006
Credits
Cast: Issa Harrath, Fatma Ben Saidane, Ali Abdelwahab, Intidhar Kammarti, Chaouki Bouglia, Abdelhamid Gaies, Jamel Sassi, Nouri Bouzid
Writer: Moncef Dhouib
Producers: Manara Production, Rougemarine
Cinematographer: Ahmed Bennys
Editor: Charlene Gravel
Sound: Faouzi Thabet
Music: Rabie Zemmour
Print Source
Manara Production
Tel/Fax: +216 71 746 010
Email: manara.prod@gnet.tn
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