Acting

Mariam Al Ferjani

Mariam Al Ferjani was studying medicine in her native Tunisia when she met Leyla Bouzid and exchanged her medical studies for directing and acting courses at the Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti in Milan, where her father was based at the time. Outside of term-time, Al Ferjani headed home to Tunisia to direct and star in experimental shorts THE CLAIM and WINTRY. Alongside her cinema studie…

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Tunisia Factory

Tunisia Factory · 2018

Tunisia Factory

Beauty and the Dogs

Beauty and the Dogs · 2017

Beauty and the Dogs

MovieCrimeDrama

When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.

Film fantasma

Film fantasma · 2021

CAI - BER

CAI - BER · 2022

In a post revolution Cairo, after numerous failed trials to escape the status quo of her generation’s depression, Nour, a 29 young woman, secretly arranges fleeing her homeland. Hours before her departure, She embarks on a journey of struggle with a patriarchal society and a fight within to keep her hidden secret.

Samra's Dollhouse

Samra's Dollhouse · 2025

Samra's Dollhouse

MovieDramaMystery

A heartbroken Tunisian film director finds the perfect male lead for her new romance movie, but during rehearsals the young actor begins to suspect that his role may not be a fictitious one.

Omayma

First The Blush, Then The Habit

First The Blush, Then The Habit · 2025

First The Blush, Then The Habit

MovieDramaThriller

Layla has a fierce journey before landing in the same city where Ettore lives. Ettore, decades earlier, had an unforgettable passage to escape war. Since then, Layla and Ettore's undead bodies cruise the city every night in search of food. Their meeting will reveal similar memories, fears, tenderness, and a desire to eternalise the youth that was stolen from them.

Athena

A journalist is forced to retire and stay away from her field of work for a while after experiencing a major crisis in her life. However, she returns to practice the profession again after her sister commits suicide due to the Dark Web, so she embarks on a dangerous journey inside this world to discover its secrets and dangers.

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Tunisia Factory

Tunisia Factory · 2018

Tunisia Factory

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Beauty and the Dogs

Beauty and the Dogs · 2017

Beauty and the Dogs

MovieCrimeDrama

When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.

Mariam

Film fantasma

Film fantasma · 2021

(Respira)

CAI - BER

CAI - BER · 2022

In a post revolution Cairo, after numerous failed trials to escape the status quo of her generation’s depression, Nour, a 29 young woman, secretly arranges fleeing her homeland. Hours before her departure, She embarks on a journey of struggle with a patriarchal society and a fight within to keep her hidden secret.

Nour

Samra's Dollhouse

Samra's Dollhouse · 2025

Samra's Dollhouse

MovieDramaMystery

A heartbroken Tunisian film director finds the perfect male lead for her new romance movie, but during rehearsals the young actor begins to suspect that his role may not be a fictitious one.

Samra

Omayma

Omayma

First The Blush, Then The Habit

First The Blush, Then The Habit · 2025

First The Blush, Then The Habit

MovieDramaThriller

Layla has a fierce journey before landing in the same city where Ettore lives. Ettore, decades earlier, had an unforgettable passage to escape war. Since then, Layla and Ettore's undead bodies cruise the city every night in search of food. Their meeting will reveal similar memories, fears, tenderness, and a desire to eternalise the youth that was stolen from them.

Director

Athena

A journalist is forced to retire and stay away from her field of work for a while after experiencing a major crisis in her life. However, she returns to practice the profession again after her sister commits suicide due to the Dark Web, so she embarks on a dangerous journey inside this world to discover its secrets and dangers.

Maliha

The events of the series revolve around a family of Palestinian origin who lives in Salloum, but after the events in Libya they are forced to return again to Gaza via Egypt, and then face many difficulties.