IDFA Forum
My Father Killed Bourguiba
Fatma Riahi
Tunisia
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2026Presentation category
Pitch Project
Production status
In production
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Logline
My father was imprisoned when I was 3 after a failed coup-attempt. I retrace his story, seeking my place amid family fractures and Tunisia’s unreckoned past.
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Project information
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2026
Countries of production
Tunisia
Countries of co‑production
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, France
Production status
In production
Credits
Director
Fatma Riahi
Fatma Riahi
Production
Fatma Riahi,
Dora Bouchoucha for Nomadis Images,
Lina Chaabane for Nomadis Images
Fatma Riahi,
Dora Bouchoucha for Nomadis Images,
Lina Chaabane for Nomadis Images
Co-production
Laura Nikolov for Coorigines Production,
Omar Ben Ali for SVP Tunisia,
Ryan Ashour for Red Sea Fund / Red Sea Fund,
Aljazeera Documentary
Laura Nikolov for Coorigines Production,
Omar Ben Ali for SVP Tunisia,
Ryan Ashour for Red Sea Fund / Red Sea Fund,
Aljazeera Documentary
Pitch team
Fatma Riahi,
Laura Nikolov
Fatma Riahi,
Laura Nikolov
Commissioning Editor
Mohamed Elmongy for Al Jazeera Documentary
Mohamed Elmongy for Al Jazeera Documentary