Kaouther Ben Hania (Arabic: كوثر بن هنية; born August 27, 1977; Sidi Bouzid) is a Tunisian filmmaker. Beauty and the Dogs (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her 2020 film The Man Who Sold His Skin was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Kaouther Ben Hania was born in Sidi Bouzid. She studied at the Ecole des Arts et du Cinéma (EDAC) in Tunisia, then studied at La Fémis and the Sorbonne in Paris.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 27, 1977 (49)
- Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
- Director, writer and editor
- 5 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Kaouther Ben Hania's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kaouther Ben Hania's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kaouther Ben Hania's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Voice of Hind Rajab(2025)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Four Daughters(2023)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
I And the Stupid Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Sheikh's Watermelons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Beauty and the Dogs(2017)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Zaineb Hates the Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Blade of Tunis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Wooden Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Imams go to School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Me, My Sister and the Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Breach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Mimesis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2005 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
12 major awards from 18 major nominations, 2017–2026.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film Not in the English Language
- Venice award, won · Best Film in a Foreign Language
- Venice award, won · Best Film in Competition
- Venice award, won · Grand Jury Prize
- Venice award, won ×6
- Venice award, nominated · Best Film
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary Feature
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Documentary
- Cannes award, won
- Cannes award, nominated
- Venice award, won
- Venice award, nominated · Best Film
- Cannes award, nominated
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Kaouther Ben Hania's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 90th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 79/100 and the pacing 56/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kaouther Ben Hania work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kaouther Ben Hania's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Amine Bouhafa shares the most, 5.
Actors
- Amer HlehelShared titles: The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025), Love, Life & Everything in Between (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Amer Hlehel
- Anissa DaoudShared titles: The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), Beauty and the Dogs (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Anissa Daoud
- Bilel SlimShared titles: The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), Beauty and the Dogs (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Bilel Slim
Composers and editors
- Amine BouhafaShared titles: The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025), Four Daughters (2023), Love, Life & Everything in Between (2022), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), Beauty and the Dogs (2017)See all 5 shared titles with Amine Bouhafa
- Qutaiba BarhamjiShared titles: The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025), Four Daughters (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Qutaiba Barhamji
Producers
- Nadim CheikhrouhaShared titles: The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025), Four Daughters (2023), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), Beauty and the Dogs (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Nadim Cheikhrouha
- Habib AttiaShared titles: Four Daughters (2023), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), Beauty and the Dogs (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Habib Attia
- Guillaume RambourgShared titles: The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Guillaume Rambourg
- Lassaad KilaniShared titles: Four Daughters (2023), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Lassaad Kilani