Cycle Every Film is a Small Victory: An Evening of Tunisian Film
On Friday, 11 April 2025, from 18:00 at the Ponrepo cinema (Bartolomějská 11, Prague 1), an evening focused on Czechoslovak-Tunisian relations in the field of film and the current conditions for archiving films in Tunisia will take place.
The programme is organised in cooperation with the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, with the support of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the programme Strategy AV 21.
English-friendly.
18:00
Jan Koura (Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences): introduction to Czech-Tunisian relations
Ostrovy v poušti (Islands in the Desert, directed by Abdelhafidh Bouassida, A. F. Šulc, 35mm, 1980, 15 min, in Czech with English subtitles)
A documentary co-production between Czechoslovakia and Tunisia about life in an oasis on the edge of the Sahara, where water has been scrupulously managed for centuries and where new hotel complexes – disrespectful of indigenous traditions – are springing up.
Tahar Chériaa: A l’Ombre du Baobab (directed by Mohamed Challouf, DCP, 2014, 70 min, in French with English subtitles)
A documentary about one of the main fathers of Pan-Africanism and founder of the first African film festival in Carthage. With the online participation of the filmmaker Mohamed Challouf, Tunisian director and film curator.
20:30
Stín země (Shadow of the Earth, directed by Taïeb Louhichi, 35mm, 1982, 90 min, in Arabic with Czech subtitles)
A poetic narrative about the end of traditional life in a Berber settlement facing scarcity. Young men leave the community hoping to break out of poverty and earn money abroad.