About
Kaouther 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.
Filmography
The Voice of Hind Rajab2025 · Director, Editor, Writer
Four Daughters2023 · Director, Editor, Writer
I And the Stupid Boy2021 · Director, Writer, Editor
The Man Who Sold His Skin2021 · Director, Writer
Sheikh's Watermelons2018 · Director, Screenplay
Beauty and the Dogs2017 · Director, Scenario Writer
Zaineb Hates the Snow2016 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Blade of Tunis2014 · Writer, Director
Wooden Hand2013 · Screenplay, Director
Imams go to School2010 · Writer, Director
Me, My Sister and the Thing2006 · Director, Writer
Breach2005 · Director, Writer