Screening Times of the Tunisian Film Weldi at El Gouna Film Festival

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Screening Times of the Tunisian Film Weldi at El Gouna Film Festival


The Tunisian film Weldi is landing its Arab world premiere at the second edition of El Gouna Film Festival. The screening will be held on Friday, September 21, with the attendance of the film's director Mohamed Ben Attia and producer Dora Bouchoucha and the re-screening will be on Saturday.

Weldi follows Riadh, who is about to retire from his work as a forklift operator at the port of Tunis. The life he shares with his wife Nazli revolves around their only son Sami, who is preparing for his high school exams. The boy's repeated migraine attacks are a cause of much worry to his parents. But when he finally seems to be getting better, Sami suddenly disappears.

Written and directed by Mohamed Ben Attia, Weldi is produced by Dora Bouchoucha's Nomadis Images, Les Films du Fleuve and Tanit Films. The film stars Mohamed Dhrif, Mouna Mejri, Zakaria Ben Ayed, Imen Cherif, Taylan Mintas and Tarik Copti. The film is distributed by MAD Solutions in the Arab world.

Screening Times and Venues of Weldi at El Gouna Film Festival

Friday, September 21, at 10:00 pm at Marina
Saturday, September 22, at 03:45 at Sea Cinema 1