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Kaouther Ben Hania
The Tunisian director of Four Daughters and The Man Who Sold His Skin, blending documentary and staged storytelling.
Beauty and the Dogs · The Man Who Sold His Skin
- Born
- 27 August 1977
- Birthplace
- Tunisia
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Kaouther Ben Hania
Kaouther Ben Hania explores power, gender and the ways real lives become stories. Her work moves between fiction, documentary and scenes reconstructed with performers.
Early life
Sidi Bouzid
Grew up in Tunisia and pursued film education there.
Further training
Studied at La Fémis and the Sorbonne in Paris.
Career
- 2000s
Short films and television
Made shorts and worked for Al Jazeera Documentary.
- 2014
Feature satire
Released The Challat of Tunis.
- 2021
Oscar nomination
The Man Who Sold His Skin became an international-feature nominee.
- 2025
Venice recognition
The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Grand Jury Prize.
Selected work
Beauty and the Dogs
Follows a woman seeking justice after an assault.
The Man Who Sold His Skin
A refugee’s body becomes a work of art.
Four Daughters
A family’s memories are explored through documentary and re-enactment.
Beyond work
Writing and directing
Develops her films as a screenwriter as well as a director.
Between countries
Her career connects Tunisian stories with French and international production.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Festival de Cannes: filmmaker biography ↗Venice: 2025 official awards ↗Photo: Mateusz Malta. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
