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How France’s Film Community Helped Halt the Expulsion of Director Nader Ayache

After weeks on hunger strike, the Tunisian filmmaker received a three-month work permit thanks to unprecedented mobilisation across the French film industry.

Dec 04, 2025
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A wave of industry solidarity has succeeded where years of legal appeals had failed. In a video posted on Instagram on Wednesday 3 December, Tunisian filmmaker Nader Ayache announced that the Paris p…

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