Kaouther Ben Hania
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.
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Films (13)
La Voix de Hind Rajab
2025 · Director, Editor, Writer
Four Daughters
2023 · Director, Editor, Writer
I And the Stupid Boy
2021 · Director, Writer, Editor
L'Homme qui a vendu sa peau
2021 · Director, Writer
Les Pastèques du Cheikh
2018 · Director, Screenplay
La Belle et la meute
2017 · Director, Scenario Writer
Zaineb Hates the Snow
2016 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Le Challat de Tunis
2014 · Writer, Director
Wooden Hand
2013 · Screenplay, Director
Imams go to School
2010 · Writer, Director
Me, My Sister and the Thing
2006 · Director, Writer
Breach
2005 · Director, Writer
Mimesis
· Director, Writer
