Lassaad Jamoussi presents Films from Tunisia

From Pale Red by Mohammed Hammad

The Norwegian Short Film Festival has invited Lassaad Jamoussi, Professor at the faculty for International Art and Culture at the Sfax University, to screen new films from his homeland and talk about the situation in Northern Africa.

Despite the censorship of Tunisia’s old dictator, cinema, theatre and artistic creation have been able to penetrate the heart of social and political issues. This Tunisian programme of short films is a testament to this vigour with a variety of approaches and styles, through irony, dreams, social realism or fantasy. These Tunisian filmmakers offer a full and varied fresco of their country, married life, religion, illegal immigration, fomen’s condition, workers and artists in a changing country.

Lassaad Jamoussi (b. 1957) graduated as Doctor from Sorbonne University and has a Higher Degree in Research from Bordeaux 3 University, in theatrical and cinematographic studies. He works as professor at Sfax University and has written numerous academic publications, worked on several cultural radio and TV programs and short films. He has been president of the Tunisian Federation of Cine-Clubs and Director of Sfax International Festival. He is currently the Cultural Advisor of Arab Democracy Foundation and President of the Human Rights League, Sfax Section.

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