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 art events, including the Ce n'est qu'à la tombée du jour event at Galerie Kadist in Paris and the Injurier le soleil exhibition at 32Bis, curated by Camille Lévy Sarfati. He is currently studying at the Fresnoy School of Contemporary Arts in the Vera Molnar class.
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