Mariam Al Ferjani
Acting
Biography
Mariam Al Ferjani was studying medicine in her native Tunisia when she met Leyla Bouzid and exchanged her medical studies for directing and acting courses at the Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti in Milan, where her father was based at the time. Outside of term-time, Al Ferjani headed home to Tunisia to direct and star in experimental shorts THE CLAIM and WINTRY. Alongside her cinema studies, she is also building a following for her photographic self-portraits. Since graduating in 2015, Mariam has been living and working between Tunis and Milan. She plays the lead role in Kaouther Ben Hania’s BEAUTY AND THE DOGS (2017). In Milan, she is currently writing her first fiction feature, ALYAH.
Known For
A journalist is forced to retire and stay away from her field of work for a while after experiencing a major crisis in her life. However, she returns to practice the profession again after her sister commits suicide due to the Dark Web, so she embarks on a dangerous journey inside this world to discover its secrets and dangers.
Athena
The events of the series revolve around a family of Palestinian origin who lives in Salloum, but after the events in Libya they are forced to return again to Gaza via Egypt, and then face many difficulties.
Maliha
When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.
Beauty and the Dogs
Donia, her brother Yahya, Ali and Ibrahim are celebrating Donia’s last night in Tunis before she leaves for studying in France. At one point, they decide to end the night on the beach and have some joints. At dawn, when they wake up one of them is missing.
Omertà
A heartbroken Tunisian film director finds the perfect male lead for her new romance movie, but during rehearsals the young actor begins to suspect that his role may not be a fictitious one.
Samra's Dollhouse
In a post revolution Cairo, after numerous failed trials to escape the status quo of her generation’s depression, Nour, a 29 young woman, secretly arranges fleeing her homeland. Hours before her departure, She embarks on a journey of struggle with a patriarchal society and a fight within to keep her hidden secret.
CAI - BER
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Tunisia Factory
Layla has a fierce journey before landing in the same city where Ettore lives. Ettore, decades earlier, had an unforgettable passage to escape war. Since then, Layla and Ettore's undead bodies cruise the city every night in search of food. Their meeting will reveal similar memories, fears, tenderness, and a desire to eternalise the youth that was stolen from them.
First The Blush, Then The Habit
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Omayma
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