True Story
Delivered from the dead carcass of her mama, she had only a few weeks to live due to the unique deformity of which she is affected.
Persuaded that this freak is a work of a dark force, her aunt "Wahida" had no choice but to venture the way of black magic, a path strewn with uncertainty, a dimension of which she is not even aware.
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Amine LakhnechDirector
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Amine LakhnechWriter
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Riadh ThabetProducer
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Amine LakhnechProducer
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Selma ThabetExecutive Producer
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Ons KerkeniProduction Manager
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Lobna NoomenKey Cast"Wahida"
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Mounira ZakraouiKey Cast"The devil"
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Amira EssidKey Cast"The girl"
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Youssef OueslatiFirst Assistant Director
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Mehrez TabkaDirector of photography
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Khalil khoudhjaProduction design
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Saif KechridOriginal music
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Amal AttiaSound design
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Samy GharbiSound Mixer
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Nihel Ben TanfousMake up artist
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Slim ChebilCostumes Design
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Ymen ChakrounCostumes Design
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:21 minutes 21 seconds
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Completion Date:June 30, 2019
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Production Budget:33,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Tunisia
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Country of Filming:Tunisia
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Language:Arabic
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2:39
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Les Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage - JCC 2019Carthage
Tunisia
November 3, 2019
World Premiere
WINNER : Golden Tanit for best short film. -
Alexandria short film festivalAlexandria
Egypt
January 30, 2020
Egyptian Premiere
Winner : Egyptian film critic's association award for BEST SHORT FILM -
17th Bogotā Short Film FestivalBOGOTA
Colombia
December 4, 2019
América
Official Selection F3 Fanàtico Freak Fàntastico -
Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America LatinaMilan
Italy
March 15, 2021
Italy
Special Mention -
LES NUITS MED DI U FILMU CORTUCORSE
France
July 24, 2020
Winner : Prix Technique -
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM PANAFRICAINCannes
France
October 21, 2020
France
Official selection -
The Monochrome Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
November 12, 2019
Euro Premiere
Winner : Best Film - Best scifi/Fantasy -
INDIESHORT FestivalLos Angeles
United States
November 20, 2019
USA
Winner : Best Foreign Language Short / Best Fantasy short / Best First time director -
TMFFGlasgow
United Kingdom
October 31, 2019
Official selection -
Global ShortsLos Angeles
United States
September 30, 2019
USA
Special Mention -
Lumières d’AfriqueBesançon
France
November 14, 2020
Official selection -
FESTIVAL MAGHRÉBIN DU FILMOuejda
Morocco
December 6, 2020
Best Director Award -
Fixion Fest, Festival de Cine Fantástico y de Terror
Chile
January 24, 2021
Official Sélection -
Festival Maghrébin du Film OUJDAOUJDA
Morocco
November 25, 2020
Best Director
Amine was born in May 1988 in northern Tunisia. For years he has produced and directed projects between Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
As a self-taught filmmaker, he went through an unlikely path that led him to the creation of his own production company, AntWorks visuals.
Today, Amine focuses on his career as a director, his first film TRUE STORY is winning multiples awards in diverse film festivals, meanwhile, Amine finalizes the script of other projects including his first feature film.
This project represents two main concerns for me:
It's is an experimentation of the sum of my influences, between comics, Dark arts and cinema, going through my veneration for the theatrical directing style, and it's also a disclosure, an expression of anger which is the true motivation behind such a project.
This is a story coming straight from the anxieties of a freethinker evolving in an environment where we never accept differences.
True Story is my first free creation, an internal journey that I tried to translate on screen, a story that I simply had to tell to get rid of these characters who haunted me for a while.
It's somehow a confession told in the most spontaneous and instinctive form possible.