Biography

Noomen is a young Tunisian filmmaker holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. After a year of working in this field, he decided to live his dream by studying cinema at the University of Carthage’s Gammarth Higher School of Audiovisual and Cinema (ESAC).

In 2019 he filmed his first amateur independent film, a traveling documentary (PRAVO) in Serbia for EXIT festival which was selected in over 17 film festivals.

During the first global quarantine in 2020, he filmed his first school film on his own, as a specific project: an experimental documentary (EARTH IS HOME) in different 5 countries (USA, Iran, Russia, Croatia, and Australia) which was selected in over 100 film festivals all over the world in Africa, America, Europe, and Asia. Besides, it has won the best international recognition film award at the 3rd Nepal Cultural International Film Festival, Winner of Dhaka OIC youth capital film award in Bangladesh, Winner as the Best International Short Documentary at Khamrubu International Short Film Festival in India, and Winner as the Best Arabic Short Documentary at WICA Los Angeles in USA.

In 2021 he filmed his first experimental film project (METROPOLIS) within Ciné Par’Court program, supported by Goethe institute and produced by CNCI (National Centre of Cinema and Picture) in Tunisia.

In 2022 He filmed his first fiction film project (AQUARIUM) produced by IOM (International Organization for Migrations).

In 2023 he worked as Assistant Media and Communications Manager at Jamaity NGO within Lazord fellowship and was the team member winner of Lazord research project. Currently, he is working on his master’s degree at the National School of Architecture and Urban Planning (ENAU). Moreover, he the Communications manager at Ifriqiya NGO.