Ghadames is a Libyan oasis city, close to the borders of Tunisia and Algeria. This fascinating city, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, thanks to its unique architecture, opens its doors to us...
Founded 4000 years ago, Ghadames was nicknamed "THE PEARL OF THE SAHARA" by the Italians who occupied it from 1928 to 1943.
Ghadames then passed under French military control until 1951, the year of Libyan independence.
In 1980, the Libyan authorities created a modern city nearby, where the population of the old city came to settle. Isolated in the middle of the desert, Ghadames was for a long time an essential caravan crossroads in Africa, until its impoverishment, in the 19th century, after the abolition of slavery. Today, an ambitious project plans to revive the old town by restoring the irrigation canals and developing tourism, the only sector that arouses the interest of the very young population of Ghadames.
Since 6 years, the international festival of Ghadames has contributed greatly to this tourist development...

a film by Hanane BEN MAHMOUD and Fériel BEN MAHMOUD

France, 2001, documentary, 52 mins

Original title :
GHADAMÈS, PEARL OF THE SAHARA

FORMAT
1x52 minutes

TYPE OF PROGRAM
Documentary
Arts / Culture / Sports

YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2001

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION
France

FILMING COUNTRY
Libya

LANGUAGES
French
Arab
English
German

PRODUCER
Jean-François Boyer (TelFrance)

DIRECTORS
Hanane Ben Mahmoud, Fériel Ben Mahmoud

SCREENWRITERS
Hanane Ben Mahmoud, Feriel Ben Mahmoud

PRODUCTION
Telfrance (for France 5)

FINANCIAL PARTNERS
CNC

DISTRIBUTION
Newen Connect (a division of the TF1 Group)
www.newenconnect.com/fr/program/ghadames-perle-du-sahara/

BROADCAST
France 5

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS
France 5
M Atie Razi (Middle East, North Africa)
CFI (Africa)
Soread France (Marocco)
TelCast International (Germany)
Media Link International (Middle East, North Africa)
AdS (South African)

INTERESTED IN THIS PROGRAM?
www.newenconnect.com/fr/program/ghadames-perle-du-sahara/