Naceur Ktari | |
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 Naceur Ktari in 1976 | |
| Born | 17 May 1943 |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Education | Paris |
Naceur Ktari (born 1943) is a filmmaker from Tunisia.
Naceur Ktari | |
|---|---|
| Naceur Ktari in 1976 | |
| Born | 17 May 1943 |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Education | Paris |
Naceur Ktari (born 1943) is a filmmaker from Tunisia.
Ktari was born in Sayada in Tunisia on 17 May 1943. Ktari studied film in Paris and later in Rome. He worked as an assistant on Raiders of the Lost Ark when Steven Spielberg was filming in Tunisia in 1981.
His first film which was partly funded in Libya was called The Ambassadors (Les Ambassadeurs}. This film won the Tanit d'or award in 1976 at the Carthage Film Festival. [1]
Ktari's second feature film was not made until 2000. [2] The film was titled Sweet and Bitter when distributed in English but was originally titled Be My Friend in French. The film gained the Tanit d'or bronze award. [3]
Tunisian culture is a product of more than three thousand years of history and an important multi-ethnic influx. Ancient Tunisia was a major civilization crossing through history; different cultures, civilizations and multiple successive dynasties contributed to the culture of the country over centuries with varying degrees of influence. Among these cultures were the Carthaginian – their native civilization, Roman, Vandal, Jewish, Christian, Arab, Islamic, Turkish, and French, in addition to native Amazigh. This unique mixture of cultures made Tunisia, with its strategic geographical location in the Mediterranean, the core of several civilizations of Mare Nostrum.
Tanit was a Carthaginian goddess. She was the chief deity of Carthage alongside her consort Baal-Hamon.
The Carthage Film Festival (CFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Tunis and founded in 1966. It is also called by its abbreviation JCC, from its French name, Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, or by its Arabic title, أيام قرطاج السينمائية. Initially biennial alternating with the Carthage Theatre Festival, the festival became an annual event in 2014. A directing committee chaired by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture, joined with professionals of the cinema industry, is in charge of the organization.
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