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‘Four Daughters’ Producer Habib Attia Talks Upcoming Projects & Challenges: “Tunisia’s Post-Revolution New Wave Has Matured”


‘Four Daughters’ Producer Habib Attia Talks Upcoming Projects And Challenges For Arab Cinema: "Tunisia's Post-Revolution New Wave Has Matured

Attia presented the movie at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event last week, aimed at nurturing projects and talents that have received the support of its grants program, in its picture lock showcase. They also worked together on Canada-shot documentary Zeinab Hates The Snow(2013), Cannes 2017 Un Certain Regard selection Beauty and the Dogs and Venice 2020 Horizons title The Man Who Sold His Skin, which made it to the final nomination stage of the 2021 Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category, losing out to Another Round. The project started to gel after Ben Hania revisited her screenplay during the pandemic lockdowns and came up with the hybrid structure, mixing documentary and dramatized re-enactments to retell the story of Hamrouni and her daughters over the arc of a decade.

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