Mohamed Ali Ben Hamra

Mohamed Ali BEN HAMRA, Twenty-six year old Mohamed Ali Ben Hamra is the General Manager of POLIMOVIE INTERNATIONAL PICTURES. He has produced the feature film ISOLE (2007) by Italian director Rocco Riccio as well as several short films in Tunisia, Italy and France. In 2010 he was selected to participate in Beyond Borders, a Media International training program for creative producers as well as the Producers Network – Carthage Film Festival. In 2011, he took part in the Berlinale Talent Campus and the Producers Workshop at the Festival de Cannes. He also contributed to part in the first Franco-Tunisian Co-Production Workshop in 2011. In 2012, as the lead producer on PLEASE YOURSELF WITH THE WORST, a feature film project by Majdi Lakhdar, he was selected to participate in La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde - 65th Festival de Cannes. He is currently working on THALA MON AMOUR (HOURYA) a feature film project by Mehdi HMILI, a drama taking place in the village of Thala during the Tunisian Revolution. The film is granted by the Tunisian National Cinema fund (Ministry of Culture) and selected for INTERCHANGE Programme 2012 (EAVE / TorinoFilmLab / Dubai International Film Festival). He is member of the EAVE and Producers Network of Festival de Cannes since 2012. He is also the artistic advisor of Sousse International Film Festival for Children and Youth (FIFEJ) and member of Tunisia\'s producers\' union. POLIMOVIE INTERNATIONAL PICTURES is a Tunisian film production company run by Mohamed Ali BEN HAMRA that develops , produces and coproduces short films and feature films. Our vision is to tell original, moving stories that provide a refreshing challenge for an international audience. The company plays an active role in supporting emerging Tunisian talent and the project we develop have a strong potential for international coproduction and distribution.