Monday 15 April 2024 
At 8:30 PM

Under the Fig Trees 
Erige Sehiri, 92 minutes, Drama, Arabic and French with English subtitles, Tunisia, 2021.  

Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find - and flee - deeper connections.

The film won many awards including the grand prize at the 25th edition of the Taipei Film Festival in Taiwan, the EcoProd Jury Award in the Directors' Bi-Month Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, the Silver Tanit Award from the Carthage Film Festival, and the Golden Bayard Award from the Namur Film Festival, the Grand Prix Award in French Cinema Days in Tübingen-Stuttgart. The film also competed in the official competition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, the Marrakesh International Film Festival, and the Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden, and Cairo Film Days.
  
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