Mahmoud Jemni began his film career in 1971 as an assistant to René Vautier. He has directed several short films. His trilogy “Pain and Resistance” is composed of “Coloquinte” (2012), “Warda, la passion de la vie” (2015) and “Non.Oui” (2019). He is also a film critic and jury member at several festivals including Locarno, Dubai, Geneva and Oujda. He is the president of the FIFAG, Gabes International Arab Film Festival, which he founded in 2015.