

Kaouther Ben Hania
Director · Writer · EditorKaouther Ben Hania (Arabic: كوثر بن هنية; born August 27, 1977; Sidi Bouzid) is a Tunisian filmmaker. Beauty and the Dogs (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her 2020 film The Man Who Sold His Skin was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Kaouther Ben Hania was born in Sidi Bouzid. She studied at the Ecole des Arts et du Cinéma (EDAC) in Tunisia, then studied at La Fémis and the Sorbonne in Paris.
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025
Director

Four Daughters
2023
Director

I And the Stupid Boy
2021
Director

The Man Who Sold His Skin
2021
Director

Sheikh's Watermelons
2018
Director

Beauty and the Dogs
2017
Director

Zaineb Hates the Snow
2016
Director

The Blade of Tunis
2014
Director

Wooden Hand
2013
Director

Imams go to School
2010
Director
- Me, My Sister and the Thing
Me, My Sister and the Thing
2006
Director

Breach
2005
Director
- Mimesis
Mimesis
Director
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025
Writer

Four Daughters
2023
Writer

I And the Stupid Boy
2021
Writer

The Man Who Sold His Skin
2021
Writer

Sheikh's Watermelons
2018
Screenplay

Beauty and the Dogs
2017
Scenario Writer

Zaineb Hates the Snow
2016
Writer

The Blade of Tunis
2014
Writer

Wooden Hand
2013
Screenplay

Imams go to School
2010
Writer
- Me, My Sister and the Thing
Me, My Sister and the Thing
2006
Writer

Breach
2005
Writer
- Mimesis
Mimesis
Writer





