The 57th edition of the Hammamet International Festival (FIH) will be held under the theme “Let’s Color the World,” on July 8-August 12 at the open-air theatre in Hammamet. The detailed programme for this edition was revealed on Tuesday at a press briefing held at festival’s seat, the Dar Sebastien – International Cultural Centre of Hammamet. The Tunisian participation accounts for 40% of the festival’s programme, which features a total of 31 shows. The Steering Committee announced a set of cultural and intellectual events due July 12-August 7. It will kick off with a Tunisian-Italian meeting under the theme: “Between the Mediterranean’s two shores.” In addition to foreign shows from countries such as Spain, Mali, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago, the festival will see the participation of artists from Canada, France, Belgium and the United States of America. North African countries will be largely present too with shows by artists from Algeria, Tunisia and Mauritania, as well as other Arab shows from countries such as Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Tunisia will be present through authentic music shows and foreign co-production performances. Detailed programme: July 8 : PROMETHEUS | The blue kangaroo, Simone Mannino (Italy – Tunisia) July 9 : Eya Daghnouj, « Al Naghar » (Tunisia) July 10: Mohamed Jebali, « Ech Esser » (Tunisia) July 11 : Zaho (Algeri / Canada) July 13 : Nawel Skandrani – Black and White Circus (Tunisia) July 14 : JenJoon (Tunisie) / Kaso (Tunisia) July 15 : Massar Egbari (Egypt) July 16 : Ana Crisman – Arpa Jonda (Spain) July 18 : Mounir Argui – Blackout (Tunisia) July 19 : Mehdi Trabelsi and Abir Derbel – Le Serment des Chemins (Tunisia) – Wajdi Cherif Quintet (Tunisia) July 20 : Ibeyi (France / Cuba) July 21 : Kenny Garrett and Sounds From The Ancestors (USA) July 22 : Aziz Maraka (Jordan) July 23 : Marwan Khoury (Lebanon) July 24 : Slim Abida – Asymétrie (Tunisia) – Amine M’raihi feat Lynn Adib- NoMad Spirits (Tunisia) July25 : Adel Bondka – Vive l’artiste (Tunisia) July 27 : Hatem Derbal – Chawq (Tunisia) July 28 : Olivier Laurent – Brel (Belgium) July 29 : Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania) and Nidhal Yahyaoui (Tunisia) – « Hattaya » July 30 : Saber Rebai (Tunisia) August 1 : Imed Jema – « Salam » (Tunisia) August 2 : Imed Alibi and Khalil EPI – « Frigya » (Tunisia) – Acid Arab feat Sofiane Saidi (France / Algeria) August 3 : Fatoumata Diawara (Mali) August 4 : Dali Chebil and Mohamed Ben Salha – ‘Denya’ (Tunisia) August 5 : Samer Mohamed Ismail – ‘Casting’ (Syria) August 6 : Walaa Jundi (Lebanon) August 8 : Fadhel Jaziri – Kaligula 2 (Tunisia) August 9 : Emel Mathlouthi (Tunisia) August 10 : Muslim (Egypt) August 11 : Queen Omega and The Royal Souls (Trinidad and Tobago) August 12 : « Voice of women » (Tunisia)
Source: EN – Agence Tunis Afrique Presse