Naceur Ktari (born 1943) is a filmmaker from Tunisia.

Naceur Ktari
Naceur Ktari in 1976
Born17 May 1943
NationalityTunisian
EducationParis

Early life and education

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Ktari was born in Sayada in Tunisia on 17 May 1943. Ktari studied film in Paris and later in Rome. He worked as an assistant on Raiders of the Lost Ark when Steven Spielberg was filming in Tunisia in 1981.

Career

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His first film which was partly funded in Libya was called The Ambassadors (Les Ambassadeurs}. This film won the Tanit d'or award in 1976 at the Carthage Film Festival.[1]

Ktari's second feature film was not made until 2000.[2] The film was titled Sweet and Bitter when distributed in English but was originally titled Be My Friend in French. The film gained the Tanit d'or bronze award.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Armes, Roy (2000). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 397. ISBN 0253351162.
  2. ^ "1e édition des Journées de Carthage pour les artistes tunisiens à l'étranger". Kapitalis. October 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Sis mon Amie". Africultures.com. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
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