UNDER THE FIG TREES

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.

LENGTH

Feature

GENRE

Fiction

PRODUCED IN

Tunisian/French

STATUS

Completed

WITH THE HELP OF

Impact Fund

impact
campaign

Put the spotlight on the individual struggles of young refugees trying to find opportunities to fulfill their dreams. Contribute to the conversation about the legal status of the refugees in their hosting countries. Encourage sports and talent oriented activities in refugee camps. Inspire the younger generation of refugees to invest in their dreams.

meet the director

Erige Sehiri is a Tunisian-French director and producer. With her own production company, HENIA, she develops Tunisian author driven documentaries distinguished at VISIONS DU REEL, IDFA, CINEMED…In 2018, her breakout feature documentary, RAILWAY MEN, remained six weeks in Tunisian theaters. In 2021, she wrote, directed and produced her first fiction feature, UNDER THE FIG TREES, which won several post-production awards at the Venice International Film Festival (Final Cut in Venice). She then joined the selection of the 54th Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Cannes 2022.

meet the producer

After starting his career as a film technician and participating in many projects within the cinematic community and film festivals, Mohamed co-founded HAKA Distribution in 2013. It is the first distribution company specialized in independent films and is today considered among the most active companies in Tunisia. He runs two cinemas specializing in alternative films: Amilcar in Tunis since 2015 and the Metropole in Menzel Bourguiba since 2019. He is also the founding president of the Cinematic Echo Association, an association active in promoting cinema among marginalized groups since 2017. Mohamed bet on enabling author films to access the largest cinema. A number of screens across the country, built on a sound economic model while cinemas were closing and audiences were losing any opportunity to attend screenings of the author’s films.

meet the producer

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