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Ferid Boughedir

Ferid BOUGHEDIR

JCC's Honorary President

EDITORIAL


Carthage Film Festival (JCC) is the oldest film festival in Africa and the Arab world: And the first Festival which, after awarding its supreme prize, the Tanit d'Or, in 1966, to the first feature film from Sub-Saharan Africa, "La Noire de..." by Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, has chosen to defend at all levels...

Moments of magic and cinematic creativity

Picture gallery

The first venue of the JCC, the Palmarium on Avenue de Carthage in Tunis, was affectionately referred to as 'the largest hall in North Africa.' (Today, it no longer exists and has been replaced by a Tunisian-Kuwaiti shopping center).
Surrounding Tahar Cheriaa, President of the Tunisian Federation of Film Clubs (FTCC), his executive committee included Moncef Ben Ameur, Moncef Charfeddine, Tijani Zalila, and Nouri Zanzouri, forming the first JCC team.
In the first session of the JCC in 1966, Sembène Ousmane arrived in Tunis with the actors from his film 'La Noire de'—Thérèse Mbissine Diop and Momar Nar Sene.
At the JCC in 1968, the President of the Republic, Habib Bourguiba, received festival guests, including Kuwaiti director Khaled Al Siddiq.
At the festival, Tunisian participants included a young critic, filmmaker Omar Khlifi, and the illustrious Hassiba Rochdi, a pioneer in both artful song and cinema in Tunisia and Egypt.
The jury for the 1968 JCC consisted of Paulo Emilio Salles Gomes, the founder of the Brazilian Cinémathèque, Sembène Ousmane, the French critic and writer Jean-Louis Bory, Tahar Cheriaa, and Tunisian filmmaker Noureddine Mechri.
In 1968, the JCC, a censorship-free festival, hosted the one and only exceptional screening of the film 'Renaissance' about Tunisia's struggle for independence. This documentary was commissioned by <br />Tahar Cheriaa and directed by the renowned documentarian Mario Ruspoli. However, it has been banned in Tunisia ever since due to its non-conformity with the official narrative.
JCC 1970. Youssef Chahine, accompanied by his actress Souad Hosni and his colleague Salah Abou Seif, backstage at the Palmarium, just before the announcement of the Golden Tanit award for <br />his film 'The Choice' and his entire previous body of work.
A true creation of the JCC, mass cinephilia, with tickets at symbolic prices, aimed at facilitating the discovery by the general public of films without advertising and previously unknown to them.
1970 - Tahar Cheriaa and Sembène Ousmane preside over a preparatory meeting for the creation of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI).
The discussions about the films, the very essence of the JCC: at the microphone is the progressive French journalist Guy Hennebelle, a critic for the Algerian newspaper Al Moudjahid. In the foreground, we can see <br />the Tunisian filmmaker Sadok ben Aîcha (Mokhtar) and the Moroccan filmmakers Mohamed Tazi and Ahmed Mesnaoui (Vaincre pour vivre).
Tahar Cheriaa, the tireless promoter of the cine-club spirit, continued to attend the discussions at the JCC: here in 1972 with the Gabonese filmmaker Philippe Mory for his film 'Les tam-tams se sont tus' (The Drums Fell Silent)
An achievement of the JCC: forging and sustaining dialogue between Sub-Saharan African cultures and those of the Arab world. Taher Cheriaa presenting the ex-aequo Tanit d'Or to Sarah Maldoror for 'Sambizanga' <br />and Tawfik Saleh for 'The Dupes' in 1972.
JCC 1974.The Festival takes a militant turn: the 1st Colloquium on film production and distribution in African and Arab countries, where participants confront the powerful Jean-Charles Edeline, CEO of UGC, which controls cinemas in Francophone Africa.<br />From right to left: filmmakers Moustafa Alassane(Niger), Hassan Daldoul and Hedy Ben Khalifa(Tunisia), and Mauritanian activist Ahmed Baba-Miské, founder of the Afrique Asie<br /> magazine, along with 2 Libyan journalists.
JCC 1976. The first Tunisian Tanit d'Or, won by 'Les Ambassadeurs' directed by Naceur Ktari.
JCC 1978. Hamadi Essid, Director of the JCC, presents the program of the 2nd Colloquium on film production and distribution in African and Arab countries, advocating for the creation of a common Pan-African cinema market,<br /> with Ferid Boughedir as the designer, organizer, and rapporteur of the Colloquium.
A long-lasting friendship formed in Carthage between two of the greatest filmmakers from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab world: Senegalese Sembene Ousmane and Egyptian filmmaker in exile Tawfik Saleh.
Tahar Cheriaa, affectionately known as the 'Dean,' celebrated by his friends at the 1978 JCC. From left to right: Malian director Souleymane Cissé with the actress from his film 'Baara,' an Ivorian critic, <br />Senegalese historian and filmmaker Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Senegalese writer Annette M'baye d'Herneville, and Cameroonian director J.P. Dikongué-Pipa with the actress from his film 'Le Prix de la Liberté.
JCC 1986 - Nouri Bouzid holding the poster of his film 'Man Of Ashes,' winner of the Tanit d'Or in '86. This man, whose artistic talent has turned audacity into a hallmark of Tunisian cinema, transformed the relationship with his audience.
Tahar Cheriaa with his longtime friend, the founder of the New Egyptian Cinema, Youssef Chahine...
JCC 1994 - Moufida Tlatli upon receiving the Tanit d'Or for her film 'The Silences of the Palace': produced, like the previous two Tunisian Tanit d'Or winners 'The Man of Ashes' in 1986 and 'Halfaouine' in 1990,<br /> by Ahmed Bahaeddine Attia, who is regarded as the producer of the golden age of Tunisian cinema.
JCC 2004 - The JCC reconnects with the Arab Star-system. Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, an international cinema legend, at the festival's opening with Tunisian Minister of Culture Abdelbaki Hermassi.
JCC 2006 - After 'Man Of Ashes' in 1986, Tunisian director Nouri Bouzid wins his second Tanit d'Or for 'Making Of'.
JCC 2008 - Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha becomes the first woman to take over the direction of the JCC. Here she is with Ethiopian director Haile Gerima, a legend in African cinema. 'Teza' wins the Tanit d'Or in 2008.
JCC 2010 - The audience awaits the JCC guests, who will walk down the 'Red Carpet,' a promotional novelty.
..Which becomes a 'must' for the following festival sessions...
...and which then occupies the highest cultural venue in the capital, the City Theater of Tunis.
South African English-language cinema at the JCC 2015 awards. The critic Nour Eddine Sail, known as the 'father' of Moroccan cinema and President of the jury, alongside the Director of the session, Ibrahim Letaief <br />, with South African director Ramadan Suleman.
JCC 2017 - The new Director of the festival, Nejib Ayed, a producer and former President of the Tunisian Federation of Ciné-Clubs (center with white hair), receiving guests of the session on the red carpet.
The JCC and their audience: screenings now extend to the streets, to other cities in the country, and even... to prisons!
The jury of the 2019 JCC, presided by the Roman critic Deborah Young. Alongside her is the Tunisian director and producer Ridha Behi, who will succeed Nejib Ayed as the Director of the Festival.
1966 - Creation of the JCC
1966 - Creation of the JCC
Creation of the FEPACI at the JCC 1970: 'Cinéastes Sénégalais Associés' meet their Maghreb colleagues.
The final appearance in front of the audience at the JCC 2010. During the Tribute presented by Férid Boughedir and Mohamed Challouf: <br />'The strong and true words of a great man, consistent with himself until his last breath!'
1970 - The JCC, the first cultural bridge between Arab and Sub-Saharan filmmakers: Tahar Cheriaa with the Egyptian Tewfik Saleh and the Ivorian Désiré Ecaré.
Hammadi Essid, Director of the JCC in 1987, presenting an award to the Moroccan filmmaker Ahmed El Maanouni in the presence of the jury president, chosen by him, the Egyptian star Faten Hamama.
JCC's audience: the achievement of genuine mass cinephilia.
JCC's audience: the achievement of genuine mass cinephilia.

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