Kaouther Ben Hania
Directing
Kaouther Ben Hania (Arabic: كوثر بن هنية; born August 27, 1977; Sidi Bouzid) is a Tunisian filmmaker. Beauty and the Dogs (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her 2020 film The Man Who Sold His Skin was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Kaouther Ben Hania was born in Sidi Bouzid. She studied at the Ecole des Arts et du Cinéma (EDAC) in Tunisia, then studied at La Fémis and the Sorbonne in Paris.
Behind the camera
2025The Voice of Hind Rajab
Director & Writer
2023Four Daughters
Director & Writer
2021I And the Stupid Boy
Director & Writer
2021The Man Who Sold His Skin
Director & Writer
2018Sheikh's Watermelons
Director & Screenplay
2017Beauty and the Dogs
Director
2016Zaineb Hates the Snow
Director & Writer
2014The Blade of Tunis
Director & Writer
2013Wooden Hand
Director & Screenplay
2010Imams go to School
Director & Writer
2005Breach
Director & Writer