Chadian filmmaker Mahamat Saleh Haroun will be the head of the Jury of the Feature and Short Fiction and Animation Competition at the 34th Carthage Film Festival (JCC).
Winner of the 2006 Silver Tanit for his “Daratt” film, Haroun has participated several times in the official competitions and parallel sections, reads a JCC press release issued on Saturday.
Haroun is one of the few filmmakers whose films were chosen twice to open the JCC (“Un Homme qui crie” in 2010 and “Lingui les liens sacrés” in 2021), the same source added.
The JCC 2023’s official competition includes a competition for fiction and animation films and another one for documentaries.
The official programme also includes a section devoted to celebrating the centenary of Tunisian cinema (December 1922-December 2023), which will be organised by the Tunisian Film Library.
Exclusively dedicated to Arab and African filmmakers, the JCC’s official competition also includes feature and short films, animation and documentaries, in addition to the Ciné Promesse section for African and Arab school films.
The Carthage Pro section supports film projects through its Chabaka, Takmil, Carthage Talks and Meet The Talents workshops.
Created to mark the centenary, the Horizons of Tunisian Cinema section is open to Tunisian feature films officially selected by the festival and not included in the official competition.
The goal of the Carthage Ciné Promesse section is to present films by African and Arab film school students (fiction, animation or documentary) which last less than 30 minutes.
The JCC festival will be held on October 28-November 4 in “an exceptional edition”. The organisers recently announced the appointment of Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu Assad as a guest of honour.
Senegal and Jordan are the guests of honour at the 2023 JCC.
A tribute will also be paid to Algeria, Syria, Palestine, South Africa, Sudan, Nigeria, Chad and other countries.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse