Achref Toumi

Biography

Achref Toumi is a Tunisian director based in France. He recently graduated from the École Supérieure de l'Audiovisuel et du Cinéma (ESAC) with a Master's degree in filmmaking. His family and roots in Tunisia, as well as his country's aesthetics, are at the heart of his artistic work. He describes his cinematic practice as a means of preserving and archiving disappearing elements. He has made four short documentaries, which have been shown at festivals such as the Gabes Cinema Fen Festival (Tunisia, 2022), Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (Tunis, 2020), Ortometraggi Film Festival (Italy, 2021) and Vision du réel Film market (Switzerland, 2023). His work has also been exhibited at major...