Tunisia

Documentary Film - 2024

Azza Chaabouni is a Tunisian teacher-researcher in the Department of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies at ISAMM (Tunisia). She is a former editor, an independent film programmer and serves as an expert and consultant on film projects as well as for national and international cultural organizations.

She studied cinema in Cinecittà-Rome, and pursued a Master degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology in Tunis. 

Since 2014, she has been engaged in supporting emerging filmmakers as the head of programs such as Takmil/JCC, خطوات Ciné Par’Court, and MedWIPS. She also served as a mentor, reader and juror for different organizations such as CNCI, DFMI, AFAC, IDA, IDFA, DOX BOX, Between Women Filmmakers Caravan.

She is a founding member of Doc House-Tunisia, and recently participated in the development of the Durban FilmMart Institute’s Future Mentors programme.