About Rym and Maryam

Two teenage twin girls from a working-class neighborhood in Tunis experience a train accident resulting in the amputation of one of their legs. When society fails them and leaves them to their fate, they must search for solutions to reclaim their lives and rebuild their identities. Do they dare dream of the future again two years after the tragedy?

LENGTH

Feature

GENRE

Documentary

PRODUCED IN

Tunisia

STATUS

In Development

WITH THE HELP OF

Connection

meet the director

Mirvet Kammoun is a Tunisian film director, screenwriter, and producer with a Ph.D. in Arts and Sciences of the Arts from Sorbonne University. Her first short film, Nejma, was selected and awarded at many festivals. In 2017, she released “The Noces d’Épines”, and “Hayat” in 2021, which received the Audience Award at the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival FIFOG in 2021.

meet the producer

Mark Lotfy is an Egyptian producer and director. He established “Fig Leaf Studios” in 2005, focusing on the work of emerging filmmakers, quickly rising to become one of the region’s most prominent independent production companies. Mark also established, with fellow filmmakers, “Cinedelta” an Independent Documentary Film School that aims to create opportunities for young filmmakers through exchanges with international film experts.

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About Rym and Maryam

LENGTH

Feature

GENRE

Documentary

PRODUCED IN

STATUS

WITH THE HELP OF

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