SYNOPSIS

After spending four years in jail for vandalizing his place of work, Rafik has only one plan, take his son to the mountains and show him his amazing discovery.

Original Title: Oura el Jbel Countries: Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar Year: 2023 Ratio: 2,39:1 Sound: 5.1 Length: 98 min Language: Tunisian Arabic

BIOGRAPHY

Mohamed Ben Attia was born in Tunis in 1976. He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Valenciennes in France after graduating at the Institut de Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC) in Tunis in 1998. He has directed five short films, “ROMANTISME, DEUX COMPRIMES, MATIN ET SOIR” (2004), KIF LOKHRIN (Silver award at FESPACO 2006), MOUJA (2008), LOI 76 (2011) and SELMA (2013), which was selected in the international competition of CLERMONT-FERRAND FESTIVAL 2014 and won several awards in various festivals. He directs his first feature INHEBEK HEDI in 2016 which wins the Best First Film Award and the Silver Bear Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale as well as great critic and audience acclaim around the world. The film was released in more than twenty countries. His second feature WELDI (Dear Son) is selected at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2018. BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is his third feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY

Behind the Mountains - 2023                                                                                                                                                     

Dear Son - 2018                                                                                                                                             

Hedi - 2016                                                                                                                                           

Salma - Short Film - 2014                                                                                                                                   

Loi 76 - Short Film - 2011                                                                                                                                   

Wave - Short Film - 2011                                                                                                                                   

Like the Others - Short Film - 2016                                                                                                             

Romantisme - Short Film - 2004

CREW

Director and Screenwriter: Mohamed Ben Attia DOP: Frédéric Noirhomme Art Director: Fatma Madani Music: Olivier Marguerit Editor: Lenka Fillnerova Costume Design: Olfa Attouchi Sound: Ludovic Escallier, Quentin Colette, Jean-Stéphane Garbe Production: Dora Bouchoucha, Lina Chaabane (Nomadis Images) Coproduction: Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne, Delphine Tomson (Les Films du Fleuve), Nadim Cheikhrouha (Tanit Films), Giovanni Robbiano, Lorenzo Rapetti (010 Films) World Sales: Luxbox

cast

Majd Mastoura, Walid Bouchhioua, Samer Bisharat, Selma Zeghidi, Helmi Dridi, Wissem Belgharek

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Venice International Film Festival - Orizzonti - 2023

Filmfest Hamburg - Kaleidoskop - 2023

São Paulo International Film Festival - International Perspective - 2023

BFI London Film Festival - Dare - 2023

Busan International Film Festival - World Cinema - 2023

Pingyao International Film Festival - Crouching Tigers - 2023

Golden Rooster Awards/Film Festival - International Film - 2023

Arras Film Festival - World Cinemas - 2023

Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Open Horizons: Main Program - 2023

MedFilm Festival - Official Competition - 2023

Marrakech International Film Festival - Special Screenings - 2023

Red Sea International Film Festival - Competition - 2023

Cinemamed Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles - Official Competition - 2023

Kolkata International Film Festival - Cinema International - 2023

Göteborg Film Festival - Voyage Section - 2024

Pune International Film Festival - World Competition - 2024

Belgrade International Film Festival - 2024

D’A Barcelona Film Festival - Radar - 2024

Mastercard Off Camera - 2024

Malmö Arab Film Festival - Official Competition - 2024

Trento Film Festival - Premieres - 2024

Istanbul Film Festival - Competition - 2024

Melbourne International Film Festival - International Feature - 2024

Atlantida Mallorca Film Festival - Competition - 2024

Mohamed Ben Attia

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