Anis LASSOUED obtained his director’s diploma from the IMC – Institut Maghrébin de
Cinéma - Tunis and the University of Tor Vergata - Rome. He did also training courses in the
Femis - Paris, GSARA - Lièges and INSAV - Bruxelles.
Since then, he was first assistant director and production manager in several tunisian and
international movies.
In 2004, he made his first short documentary, Les poupées de sucre de Nabeul “The dolls of
sugar of Nabeul” (Best Idea Award in Anasy Festival-Abu Dhabi 2008) and in 2006, he made
his first short fiction Saba Flous “Magic Harvest” (Muhr Award in DIFF-UAE 2006, Gold
Cairo in Cairo International Film Festival for Children, Egypt-2007 (Gold Kazoos in
Francophone Film Festival of Kalamazoo-Michigan 2007).
He directed several documentariesfor international TV channels. His last feature documentaries
are The Opponent and Sacrificed Rams.
In 2013, he threw himself into the passionnate adventure of production by creating Lumieres
Films, a young independent production company.
His second short fiction, Sabbat El Aïd “My Shoes” won many international awards (Poulain
d’Or-FESPACO 2013; Best Short Film Award-Vue d’Afrique 2013-Canada; GAIA Award and
SEVEN SEAS Award-Moondance International Film Festival 2013-Connecticut- USA) ; Jury
Award in 18th International Children's Film Festival India-2013; It was also selected in 2013
in Chicago International Children's Film Festival, TIFF Kids International Film FestivalCanada
; Taiwan International Children's Film Festival-TICFF ; Lucas International Children's
Film Festival-Frankfurt.
He is now preparing his first feature film « Baby Blues ».
Furthermore, Anis Lassoued is the founder and artistic director of the Festival du Film
Maghrébin de Nabeul - Move Maghreb - 4th edition 2015.
He was also artistic and production consultant for several film projects, among them –The
production of short films for the Media Campaign “Women in the Working World” – Regional
Program Economic Integration of Women in MENA (EconoWin) supported by GIZ (Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As a movie director, I travel a lot, for shooting, and attending film festivals but also for learning more about the world and its civilizations and anthropologies.

Interests

Cinema, music, traveling, ethnology, anthropology, food, traditions, arts, cultures...

• arts
• documentaries
• festivals
• film festivals
• dancing
• dining
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• music
• blues
• hunting
• skydiving
• anthropology
• communications
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: ethnic, traditional,
BOOKS: the last book I've read is, "l'équation Africaine" of the Algerian writer Yasmina Khadhra.
MOVIES: the last movie I've watched is "Mia Madre" of Nani Moretti and "Fuocoammare" of the Italian Director Gianfranco Rosi,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving in Fuji Island in Japan.

Teach, Learn, Share

Share my movies shooting and food with the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my films, film shooting, ethnic traditional food, music, dance and history.

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Qatar, Senegal, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Japan