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UNDER THE FIG TREES BY ERIGE SEHIRI

SYNOPSIS

In northwest Tunisia, young women work the summer harvest. Under the gaze of older workers and men, they flirt, tease, argue. Throughout the day, the orchard becomes a theater of emotions, where everyone's dreams and hopes are played out.

Original title: Under the Fig Trees Countries: Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar Language: Arabic Running Time: 92 min Production Year: 2022

CAST

Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi, Leila Ouhebi, Hneya Ben Elhedi Sbahi, Gaith Mendassi, Abdelhak Mrabti, Fedi Ben Achour, Firas Amri

Crew

Director: Erige Sehiri, Screenwriter: Erige Sehiri, Ghalya Lacroix, Peggy Hamann DOP: Frida Marzouk Editors: Erige Sehiri, Hafedh Laaridhi, Ghalya Lacroix Costume Design: Nabila Cherif Sound: Aymen Laabidi, Yazid Chabbi, Jean-Guy Veran Composer: Amine Bouhafa Producers: Erige Sehiri (Henia Production), Didar Domehri (Maneki Films) Co-Producers: Palmyre Badinier, Nicolas Wadimoff, Philippe Coeytaux (Akka films) Roshi Behesht Nedjad (In Good Company)

FESTIVALs & AWARDS

Cannes Film Festival - Directors' Fortnight - 2022

Toronto International Film Festival - Contemporary World Cinema -2022

FilmFest Munich - Cinevision section - 2022

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Horizons - 2022

Melbourne International Film Festival - Official Competition - 2022

Sarajevo International Film Festival - Kinoscope - 2022

BFI London Film Festival - Journey - 2022

Festival of Tübingen-Stuttgart - Winner of the Grand Prize - 2022

Bogota International Film Festival

Festival Do Rio

Chicago International Film Festival - New Directors’ Competition - 2022

Viennale - Main Program - 2022

Medfilm Festival

Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Singapore International Film Festival

Leeds International Film Festival

FIFF Namur - Bayard d’Or for Best Film - 2022

Carthage Film Festival - Tanit d’argent - 2022

Marrakech International Film Festival

Around the World in 14 Films

Chennai International Film Festival

ERIGE SEHIRI

Filmmaker/Producer

Erige Sehiri is a French-Tunisian director and producer. With her own production company, HENIA, she develops Tunisian author driven documentaries distinguished at VISIONS DU REEL, IDFA, CINEMED...In 2018, her breakout feature documentary, RAILWAY MEN, remained six weeks in Tunisian theaters. In 2021, she wrote, directed and produced her first fiction feature, UNDER THE FIG TREES, which won several post-production awards at the Venice International Film Festival (Final Cut in Venice). She then joined the selection of the 54th Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Cannes 2022.