Mehdi Ben Attia is a Tunisian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Biography Born at Tunis in 1968, Ben Attia studied at Lycée Gustave Flaubert in La Marsa, Tunisia, and in 1993 obtained a French Diplôme d'études approfondies advanced degree in sociology at Sorbonne University in Paris. He then turned to screenwriting, often in collaboration, and direction of films and television series for French channels, for instance H (for Canal Plus), Sami (three episodes, M6), and Groupe Flag (two episodes, France 2). His first feature film Le Fil (The String, a homosexual love story) starred Claudia Cardinale and Salim Kechiouche. He also acted in four films.
Filmography Ben Attia's films include: Year Film Genre Role Stars Duration (min) 1999 En face Romantic short Codirector and coscreenwriter with Zina Modiano and Kahéna Attia Amel Smaoui, Mohamed Ali Cherif, and Néjia Ouji 27 m 2001 Loinby André Téchiné Drama feature Coscreenwriter with André Téchiné and others Azabal Lubna, Brakni Rachida, and Morel Gaël 120 m 2005 La Vie privée by Zina Modiano. Plot based on Henry James's 1892 short story The Private Life. Drama feature Actor and coscreenwriter with Zina Modiano Ouassini Embarek and Marie Modiano 75 m 2009 Sweet home (Bent eddar)by Fatma Chérif Portrait documentary Coscreenwriter with Fatma Chérif Thouraya 50 m 2009 Le Fil(The String) Homosexual romance feature Director and coscreenwriter with Olivier Laneurie Claudia Cardinale, Salim Kechiouche and Antonin Stahly (Vishwanadan) 93 m 2011 Les impardonables (Unforgivable) by André Téchiné adapted from the 2009 novel by Philippe Djian Thriller feature Coscreenwriter with André Téchiné and Philippe Djian Carole Bouquet, André Dussollier and Mélanie Thierry 111 m 2012 (I'm not dead) Drama feature Director and screenwriter Mehdi Dehbi, Maria de Medeiros and Emmanuel Salinger 99 m 2017 L'Amour des hommes(Of Skin and Men) Drama feature Director and coscreenwriter with Martin Drouot Raouf Ben Amor and Hafsia Herzi 105 m
Awards Ben Attia's films obtained two prizes and three nominations, such as: Film Festival Award En face (1999) Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur 2000 Winner Best Short Film of the South, shared with Zina Modiano The String (2009) Frameline Film Festival(former San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) 2010 Winner Audience Award Best Feature
References
External links Videos
. Video duration 1m 28s. Uploader SansLesNuages / LesBAdeVivaLaCinema, 2013. . Video duration 32s. Teaser trailer. Uploader Eurochannel, 2014. . Video duration 19m 58s. Uploader: Ciné Zooms 2 : Gérard Chargé, 2018. Interview with Ben Attia and actress Hafisa Herzi on their 2017 film Of Skin and Men. French spoken. . Video duration 1m 16s. Uploader South Social Film Festival, 2020. Ben Attia explains his work in English.