Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud

Weekly current affairs show

Focusing on key Arab films produced in the last 20 years. Férid Boughedir traces the development of the film-makers' concern to produce more socially aware cinema. Themes include the issue of Palestinian homeland rights and the nature of Arab identity. The film-makers also share a desire to develop a strong poetic tradition.

Mahfoud is a young teacher at a technical school in Algiers. Using his technical and computer skills, he refurbishes an old weaving loom that he intends to present at an international inventors’ conference in Germany. However, his travel plans are thwarted by administrative obstacles. Meanwhile, his neighbors keep a close eye on him, especially the elderly M’nouar, marked by the terrible memories of the Algerian War. He sees everything and everyone with suspicion. As far as he is concerned, Mahfoud has no good intentions—he may even be involved in subversive activities. Naturally, it does not help that Mahfoud is in a relationship with Samia, a young psychiatrist who has returned to the country after studying in Belgium. She challenges local norms and breaks taboos that unsettle those around her. In the end, Mahfoud manages to obtain a visa to attend the international fair. His invention wins a prize, and when he returns home, he receives a very different kind of welcome.

On December 31, 1980, between England and the mainland, two anonymous passengers were fouled by the British and Belgian authorities and found themselves prisoners on board the car ferry connecting the two frontiers.

Wahid and his daughter Soufiya return to Tunisia after a long stay in West Africa.Wahid would like to transform Soufiya into a real Tunisian, a true daughter of their land, but the country has changed a lot in there absence.

The story of an old man who is losing his grip on reality, fighting to keep his memory in spite of the fast moving society in which he lives.

"Together with Jean-Pierre we've produced 'Fatwa', from Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, a Tunesian living in Belgium. The film tells the story of a father who returns to Tunesia to bury his son who died from an apparent suicide. The scenario had repeatedly been rejected by some French producers because the film supposedly stated that the murderers are among us. Mahmoud, who knows a lot about Muslim culture and knew the Muslim recruiters who are at the origin of Sharia4Belgium, said to me: "That's crazy, they don't understand what's happening." And that was in 2008." (Luc Dardenne)

In 1977, Kh'lil Khalsawi, a law professor in Tunisia, under the ruling party's instructions, is asked to represent them in a league of human rights that has been founded not long ago.

A musical journey from Tunisia to Cairo, and from Rajasthan to Istanbul and Senegal in search of Islamic music sources. The film delves into the world of Sufism by focusing on the close relationship between learning music and passing on this art through generations.

Untile '60 the italian community in Tunisia counts more of 120.000 people. Many of them came from the south of italy. Some of them talk about their peculiar situation.