Feature Documentary Competition | Tunisia, Lebanon, France | Arabic | 82 min
Sonia Ben Slama is a French Tunisian documentary filmmaker. She studied art and cinema at the University Sorbonne-Nouvelle. In 2015, she directed in Tunisia her first feature documentary Maktoub. The film tells the story of her grandmother’s marriage 70 years ago in a small Tunisian town and her cousin’s wedding nowadays in the very same place. Machtat, her second film, is somehow a follow up of Maktoub. Machtat premiered in the International Competition at the prestigious Visions du Réel 2023 and has been also part of the ACID Cannes 2023 program. Sonia is currently developing a new feature-length documentary project, 316 North Main Street, shot in the United States.
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