Where The Wind Comes From

Tunisia, Qatar, France

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2025

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Color

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100 min

Alyssa lives in a remote village, where boredom has settled like a heavy weight on her restless and vibrant spirit. The monotony threatens to extinguish her energy, until an unexpected opportunity to escape arises. At 19, she decides to embark on a journey south and convinces Mehdi, her childhood friend, to join her. The two young people travel across Tunisia, carried by the wind and their own desires. It's a luminous road trip that rediscovers the Maghreb for the big screen, opening up the landscape to new perspectives and emotions. Together they form an unlikely pair: she, determined and practical; he, a dreamer and hesitant. Along the way, they face encounters, challenges, and unforeseen twists that turn the journey into a transformative experience, testing the limits of their friendship again and again.

Technical Details

Direction:

Amel Guellaty

Cinematography:

Frida Marzouk

Language:

Arabic

Production:

Chadi Abo, Karim Aitouna, Asma Chiboub

Sound:

Khalil Ben Rhaïem

Subtitles:

Spanish and English

Screenplay:

Amel Guellaty

Editing:

Amel Guellaty, Malek Kammoun, Ghalya Lacroix

Cast:

Slim Baccar, Oumaima Bahri, Sondos Belhassen, Eya Bellagha, Maya Blouza

Director

Amel Guellaty

Amel Guellaty is a Tunisian director who has steadily carved out her path in the contemporary audiovisual landscape. After directing two award-winning short films, Black Mamba and Chitana, she makes her feature film debut with Where the Wind Comes From (2025), a work celebrating its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, thus solidifying her international profile. Beyond filmmaking, Guellaty also has a distinguished career as a photographer. Her intimate and evocative gaze has been published in various magazines, including the French edition of Elle, where she continues to explore the myriad ways of storytelling through images.

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