أيام قرطاج السينمائية
In 1969, at age 23, without any formal training in filmmaking, Mambéty directed and produced his first short film, "Contras' City" (City of Contrasts). The following year Mambéty made another short, "Badou Boy", which won the Silver Tanit award at the 1970 Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia.