Nejib Ayed

On December 31, 1980, between England and the mainland, two anonymous passengers were fouled by the British and Belgian authorities and found themselves prisoners on board the car ferry connecting the two frontiers.

An Odyssey (2001–2004), inspired by Abdelaziz Belkhodja’s novel, The Ashes of Carthage, and considered Tunisia’s first film in the thriller genre, offers a critical perspective on transnational trafficking in art and cultural objects. The events revolve around smuggling antiquities and artifacts in Tunisia, where an international gang seeks to steal the statue of the famous commander Hannibal and smuggle it via the Carthage ship to a European country.

The life of ants under the ground and the life that the Palestinian people live under the ground, are similar in caves and catacombs that reach the cities of Palestine under the barriers set by the Israeli enemy, so that communication between cities takes place without trouble, and through these catacombs and caves are stories and witnesses of successive civilizations on this land, like a journey between The outward appearance of the earth and its interior, between the bitter reality and the myth.

Salma suffers from her disobedient son and her brother who restricts her freedom because she is without a husband. Her lover proposes to marry her, but she does not agree for the sake of her son. She is exposed to several problems that end with her going insane and drowning in the sea.

Maliha, a dreamy girl, in her last year of university navigates school, life and love as she discovers the many faces of people around her.