Anis Lassoued | |
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Born | 1972 Nabeul |
Occupation | film director, screenwriter and film producer |
Nationality | Tunisian |
Notable works | movies The Magic Drop (2005), My Shoes (2012) and Gadeha: A Second Life (2022). |
Anis Lassoued (born 1972 in Nabeul, Tunisia) is a Tunisian film director, screenwriter and film producer. Many of his films feature young actors. [1] [2] [3]
Lassoued completed his studies in film direction at the Institut Maghrébin de Cinéma (Maghreb Institute of Cinema, IMC, Tunis) and continued his studies in cinematography at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Then he did internships at La Fémis, the film and television school of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, and at GSARA (Groupe socialiste d'action et de réflexion sur l'audiovisuel) in Liège, Belgium. [3]
With the Tunisian actress, screenwriter and film producer Chema Ben Chaabane he founded the film production company Lumières Films in 2013. [3]
Lassoued's films include: [1] [3]
Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration (min) |
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2002 | Les Poupées de sucre de Nabeul | Fiction short | Director | 34 m |
2005 | Saba Flouss / The Magic Drop / Magic Harvest | Drama fiction short | Director and screenwriter | 18 m |
2009 | Un été à Sidi Bouzekri | Documentary portrait | Director and co-screenwriter with Chema Ben Chaabane | 45 m |
2012 | Sabbat El-Aïd / Souliers de l'Aïd (Les) / My Shoes | Drama fiction short [4] | Director and co-screenwriter | 30 m |
2012 | L'Opposant / The opponent | Political documentary portrait | Director | 78 m |
2018 | Majnoun Al-Bahr / Le Fou de la Mer / Mad for the sea by Wassim Korbi | Documentary short on the painter Raouf Gara | Supervising producer | 27 m |
2022 | Une seconde vie (Gadeha) / Gadeha: A Second Life | Drama fiction feature | Director and co-screenwriter with Chema Ben Chaabane | 93 m [5] |
Lassoued's films obtained two prizes and two nominations, such as: [1]
Film | Festival | Award |
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Saba Flouss / The Magic Drop | Dubai International Film Festival | 2006 Winner Muhr Award |
Gadeha: A Second Life | SCHLINGEL International Film Festival for children and young audience | 2022 Winner SLM Top Award, Best International Feature Film |
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