Kaouther Ben Hania

Birthday: 1977-08-27
Birthplace: Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
Gender: Female

Kaouther Ben Hania (Arabic: كوثر بن هنية; born August 27, 1977; Sidi Bouzid) is a Tunisian filmmaker. Beauty and the Dogs (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her 2020 film The Man Who Sold His Skin was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.

Kaouther Ben Hania was born in Sidi Bouzid. She studied at the Ecole des Arts et du Cinéma (EDAC) in Tunisia, then studied at La Fémis and the Sorbonne in Paris.

Credits

Year Title
Mimesis
2025-09-10 The Voice of Hind Rajab
2023-07-05 Four Daughters
2021-09-04 I And the Stupid Boy
2021-03-15 The Man Who Sold His Skin
2018-09-23 Sheikh's Watermelons
2017-10-18 Beauty and the Dogs
2016-06-08 Zaineb Hates the Snow
2014-04-01 The Blade of Tunis
2013-10-30 Wooden Hand
2010-12-15 Imams go to School
2006-05-01 Me, My Sister and the Thing
2005-05-01 Breach