Mehdi Barsaoui

[1] He is best known as the director of the critically acclaimed feature film A Son (2019) and shorts Sideways (2010) and Bobby (2014).

[4] During the life in Italy, he directed three short films: Sideways (2010), Bobby (2014) and We Are Just Fine Like This (2016).

All three short film received critical acclaim and then selected in several international festivals where they won several prizes.

[5] In 2019, he made his directorial debut with the film, Un fils (A Son) which was produced as a collaborative work of Tunisia, France, Lebanon and Qatar.

At the Filmfest Hamburg, the film won the NDR Young Talent Award.