Carthage Film Festival

**Carthage Film Festival** (**Journées cinématographiques de Carthage**, bee **JCC**) e la sinii maaloo tigiri nang taa  diibu ko a Tunis, nang da taa piiluu a 1966. O meng taa la bammo ko a  Arabic title, أيام قرطاج السينمائية ("Cinema Days ko Carthage"). A piiluu ayi biennial  Carthage Theatre Festival, a tigiri paa da e la yuoni la yuoni zaa a 2014.

A kogo zu soba naŋ da e a daraata ko Tunisian Ministry of Culture, da paalɛɛ neŋ professionals naŋ be a cinema industry, la da taa soobu ko a kpaaroŋ. A Carthage Film Festival da eɛ a maaloo naŋ e a sinii tigiri naŋ da taa eebo ko a African ane Arab tenne kyɛ naŋ zɛgera a Global South cinema a tendaa zaa. A kyɔɔtaa gbuli zaa o naŋ da nyɛ yie Tanit d'or ("Golden Tanit) ka a yuori da pore yi Carthaginian goddess Tanit. Yuobu ane pɔgebo yel-erre da taa la eebo ko a Théâtre municipal de Tunis (Municipal Theater ko Tunis).

A tigiri  35th edition da taa la eebo yi 14 October te tɔ 21 December 2024. A ɛsɛkotivi daraata ko a a 2025 edition la Tarek Ben Chaâbane.

## Yelkorɔ
[thumb|124x124px|[Ousmane Sembène, who won the first Tanit d'or in 1966 (photo taken 1987)]]
Naŋ da taa eebo yi Tahar Cheriaa kyɛ naŋ taa piiluu a 1966 yi a Tunisian Minister ko Culture, Chedli Klibi, a kpaaroŋ ŋa, a o dɛndɛŋ soba da taa la eebo ko a Arab tendaa, da la pãã taa la eebo ko a sub-Saharan African ane Arab cinema, naŋ da taa turibogiri kyaare dialogue naŋ be North ane South kyɛ da naŋ maŋ taa kpaaroŋ neŋ regional filmmakers ane moviegoers. O yuori da la Journées cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC), kyɛ ka ba meŋ bammo neŋ a o Arabic yelzu,  ("Cinema bebie ko Carthage"), kyɛ la e Carthage Film Festival naŋ be a English.

Burkinabe filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, naŋ da di a Golden Tanit ne a o yelsoore film *[[La Noire de...]]* a 1966, a puoriŋ da toŋ neŋ la pɔleteseɛn Alimata Salembéré ka o da maale tigikpoŋ kaŋa  ko a African temdaa, FESPACO (Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou), da taa la piiluu ko Burkina Faso a 1969. A Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (French: *Fédération Panafricaine des Cinéastes*; FEPACI), da taa la libie sommo a 1970 naŋ da e a Carthage Film Festival, a da naŋ piile South-South film cooperation.

A yuomo mine naŋ da pare a Carthage Film Festival da piilee workshops, master classes, ane a Producer's Network ka ba soŋ sinii maaleba. Yele mine naŋ da yi a arts da soŋɛɛ a  jurors a lamboe mine kyaare a kyakya poɔ.

A African nembɛrɛ mine ane Arab sinii maaleba da taa la bammo dɛndɛŋ soba ko a Carthage kyɛ pãã da baŋ gaa te nyɛ bammo kpoŋ, te paale a Senegalese Sembene Ousmane (Grand Prize 1966)  Egyptian Youssef Chahine (Grand Prize 1970), Malian Souleymane Cissé (Grand Prize 1982), a Palestinian Michel Khleifi (Grand Prize 1988), Tunisians Taïeb Louhichi (1st Tunisian Golden Tanit for short film 1972)  Nouri Bouzid, Ferid Boughedir, ane Moufida Tlatli (Grand Prize 1986, 1990, 1994), A Syrian Mohammad Malas (Grand Prize 1992) ane Algerian Merzak Allouache (Grand Prize 1996).

A festival's social dimension eɛ leɛ teɛroŋ ko a several Golden Tanit award-winning films, aseŋ a *[[Making Of (2006 film)|Making Of]]* (2006) yi Nouri Bouzid, naŋ da taa yelsoore yi Bahta, a 25 yuomo amateur naŋ da ba taa toma da taa seɛroŋ toma naŋ da taa deebo extremists ka o vɛŋ a suicide attack.

A 19 October 2023, a tigiri nembɛrɛ da terɛɛ duoruu, yelsagedeɛre yi Tunisian Ministry of Culture, a 34th edition kyaare a tigiri da  koŋ taa eebo “*in light of the unacceptable tragedy currently being endured by the Palestinian people, and in solidarity with the Palestinian people, as expressed at the highest level in Tunisia.*” a sagedeebo naŋ da taa la yelgyaama mine, tagetaa mine da bebe la a tigiri kyɔɔreba deme, ane yellanne mine ko artistic community boɔlɔ boɔrɔ “*an immediate reversal of this hasty decision*”.

## Kpaaroŋ ane kyɔɔtaɛ
A tigiri da taa yelgbullo mine: a "*Official Competition*" ane a "*Panorama section"* naŋ taa yuobu ko a Arab ane African sinii sere; a "International section" naŋ taa yuobu ko high artistic quality; a "Tribute section" ane "Workshop Projects" da taa la eebo ka ba zɛge a Arab ane African sinii naŋ taa eebo yi korɔ ba sommo "ko sommo kyaare scenario" ane a competitive video section.

**A official Selection**: A section sere zaa kyaare a Official Competition naŋ be a Carthage sinii tigiri da taa la teroo ko a sinii 12 sere.

**A official competition for feature films**:    A iruu neŋ Tanit ata (Gold, Silver, Bronze) da maale taa la saamo ko a Carthage Film Festival kyɛ naŋ e a sekyiri ko a official selection.  Arab pie ne ayi ane African films da kyaarɛɛ a leɛmaaloo ko a cinematographic expression kyɛ da tere toma menne  yeni ko a aesthetic ane a yelgbulli.

**A official short film competition**:      meŋ naŋ e kyakya a pukyaare a yelsoore sinii sere, a iruu taa la sagedeebo ata ko  Arab ane African fiction short format films (naŋ na ba ta mintiri 30).

**A documentary competition**:    A Golden Tanit da koɛ kyɔɔtaɛ  Arab noba pie be ayi ane African sinii sere. A Prize Tahar Cheriaa ko a toma dɛndɛŋ soba: A Golden Tanit "Tahar Cheriaa" da koɛ kyɔɔtaa a dɛndɛŋ sinii maala naŋ da taa teroo kyaare a official selection: official Competition, competition a dɛndɛŋ Arab ane African sinii.

**Carthage Ciné-Foundation**: a international selection ko sinii sakue pie ne ayi da taa la tɛɛtɛɛloŋ naŋ be yielŋmeɛreba kyɛ naŋ moɔle a duoruu naŋ yɛre pɔge a tendaa kyaare a yelsoore naŋ be a tendaa cinema. A sinii kyɔɔtaa naŋ taa la koobo yi a international jury.

**Parallel sections**

**New Territories**

A sinii da eɛ bone naŋ na taa yelnimizeɛ ko a dasaŋa sinii maaloo yeltare, naŋ e a innovative kpoŋ ane subversive, ane a radical kpoŋ ane marginal, a yelbiri, a be aesthetic paala ane pɔletese nyaamo, naŋ e toɔre yi commercial format, media, bee tigiri. O da boɔrɔ ka o da tere a yelerre naŋ da naŋ erɛ kyaare a cinema naŋ da taa sagedeebo ko a yele naŋ zaa naŋ da bebe a wagere naŋ poɔ, a soorebie kyaare bana naŋ tõɔ e a ane a ba contemporaries ane a yielŋmeɛreba leɛbo, formal, ane technological expression.

**Tribute** a edition maŋ terɛɛ sommo ko a Tunisian sinii maala ane tendaa sinii maaleba gyamaa a korɔ a tendaa a retrospective kyaare a ba sinii bee nɔkpeɛne naŋ be a poɔ.

**Carthage professional** **Takmil** a Takmil workshop, yuori naŋ e "finish" a Arabic, naŋ e a second edition, boɔbo la ka o da vɛŋ African ane Arab sinii naŋ be a post-production phase ka ba taa peɛroo yi international jury ko cinema professionals. Bebie ata poɔ, tonɔɛ naŋ da taa la peɛroo yi a jury a sinii maala nimiriŋ sinii sere naŋ da taa sagedeebo. Peɛroo da naŋ taa la eebo neŋ yelyaga yeluu naŋ na maŋ vɛŋ kyakya ara kaŋa zaa maŋ yeli yɛlɛ kyaare a o sinii ane kyɔɔtaɛ yi a ba maale enna zie.   A workshop Takmil meŋ da eɛ zie naŋ da terɛ nyaabo korɔ a African ane Arab sinii maaleba. A nyaamo naŋ taa la eebo kyaare a  nyooroo ko a sinii naŋ na di, a African and Arab premiere naŋ be a Carthage Film Festival session da naŋ tuuro la a ba baaroŋ.

**Producers Network**    a Producers Network hosts Arab ane African producers da bebe a Carthage Film Festival kyɛ da ko sori kyaare a international film professionals ka ba da paale a kpaaroŋ mine ane mine mine naŋ da taa eebo ka ba zɛge a international co-production kyɛ optimize networking.        Neŋ a 48-hour kpaaroŋ, a Producers Network da terɛɛ toma ka ba pɔge  potential partners neŋ libie sommo, co-production, ane distribution needs.

**A Carthage Film Festival naŋ be a irigyiri poɔŋ**

Yi a 2014 session, a Carthage Film Festival da taɛ tɛɛtɛɛloŋ gyamaa ko Tunisian tenne. A 2015 tenne pie la da taa a tigiri diibu: Jendouba, Sfax, Mahdia, Tataouine, Nabeul, Béja, Kef, Kairouan, Gafsa ane a Monastir.  Ba da pogee a sinii eŋ lamboe ata:

* A sinii eɛ official selection: a sinii ama da taa la nyooroo iruu a zimaane a tigiri diibu poɔ a teŋɛ naŋ zaa ba naŋ dire a tigiri.
* European sinii: naŋ taa lambo neŋ Journées du Cinéma Européen, a iruu kyaare a European da taa la nyooroo bebiyenaa teŋɛ tɛɛtɛɛre poɔŋ.
* Lambo neŋ UNICEF bibiiri ata sinii maŋ taa la nyooroo a teŋɛ kaŋa zaa poɔŋ.

## Editions

## Ziiri mine liŋkiri
* Carthage Film Festival on African Film Festivals website
## Kanne gaa niŋe
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*Carthage Film Festival on African Film Festivals website

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