People

Mehdi Hmili

Tunisia

Biography

Mehdi Hmili was born in Tunis and graduated from the Paris Film School. Whilst in France, he directed his first short film Li-La (2011), a black and white drama about the difficulty of loving. In March 2012, he directed his second short The Night Of Badr, a black and white drama about an old homosexual poet who spends his last night in exile in Paris with his young lover. He is currently working on his first feature film Thala Mon Amour, a drama that takes place in the village of Thala during the Tunisian Revolution.

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