Passing it on

Training & workshops

الدورات التكوينية والورشات

From 2022 to 2026, eight events to learn how to write, act, film and edit awareness videos.

Learning by doing

Workshops to go from idea to screen

From 2022 to 2026, FIVS complemented its competitions with training sessions and hands-on workshops: screenwriting, acting on camera, cinematography, editing, positive content creation and, in 2026, AI-assisted filmmaking. Led by actors, directors and content creators, they were held mostly in Sousse, with one stop in Annaba, Algeria. Several ended with awareness videos shot by the participants themselves.

training events: 8
five years of passing on skills: 2022–2026
host countries: Tunisia and Algeria: 2

From 2022 to 2026

Five years of training

The sessions

Eight sessions, one method

Writing, acting, filming, editing: at every session, participants move from theory to the shoot.

2022

On camera, public speaking and directing

دورة تكوينية في صناعة الفيديوهات التوعوية

Dates: 11–13 March 2022
Venue: Messaadine and Hammam Sousse, Sousse region

Three days to learn acting on camera, public speaking and conveying a positive message, before moving on to directing techniques for film and television. Offered free of charge, the training was open to participants in the festival’s first edition and to applicants for the second. It ended with a closing ceremony.

Trainers

مهذب الرميلي Acting on camera
ليلى بن عطية الله Public speaking and audience engagement
سفيان عمروسية Creating and promoting positive content
محمد علي الشريف Film and television directing techniques

On the programme

Acting on camera
Public speaking
Positive content
Directing

See the closing album

2022

From story to spot: screenwriting, directing and editing

ورشة كتابة السيناريو والإخراج والمونتاج وإنجاز ومضة توعوية حول الهجرة غير النظامية

Dates: 3–5 June 2022
Venue: Sahloul Youth Complex, Hammam Sousse

On day one, participants built a story: characters, conflict, action, resolution. On day two, they worked on the script, the shot breakdown and directing actors, then wrote their own spot. Day three meant a dawn shoot and the edit: the awareness spot on irregular migration produced in the workshop was released by the festival on 5 June.

Trainers

حسني بن عمر Director, workshop lead
أحمد الدوس Workshop mentor

On the programme

Storytelling
Screenwriting
Directing actors
Shooting
Editing
Irregular migration

Watch the spot

Poster for the third training session, in Annaba. Credit: FIVS · Digital Gate (poster published by Al Naba)

2023

Third training session, in Annaba: filming sustainable development

الدورة التكوينية الثالثة في تقنيات التمثيل والتصوير والإخراج

Dates: 6–8 May 2023
Venue: Institut français d’Annaba, Algeria

For its third training session, the festival crossed the border, in partnership with the Digital Gate International Short Film Festival. Sixty participants from Tunisia and Algeria, selected from more than 470 applications, chose subjects related to sustainable development, then wrote, acted, filmed and edited, before learning how to share their videos on social media. Screenings of example videos alternated with practice, and the session closed with the presentation of certificates.

Trainers

صلاح الدين مصدق Acting and body expression
حسني بن عمر Screenwriting, production and post-production
سفيان عمروسية Promoting videos on social media
دليل بلخودير Co-organisation (Digital Gate) and facilitation
عبد الله عقون Awareness and practical examples

On the programme

Sustainable development
Screenwriting
Acting
Shooting
Editing
Digital distribution

2023

Fourth training session: acting, directing and positive content

الدورة التكوينية الرابعة في التمثيل والإخراج وصناعة المحتوى الإيجابي

Dates: 16–18 June 2023
Venue: Sousse Youth Complex

The session opened with a presentation of the festival by وليد بن حسن and أيمن دردوري, and brought together participants of varied ages and backgrounds. Starting from an idea, they wrote a script, prepared the production in workshops, then shared out the roles to shoot, direct and edit their awareness spots. A joint workshop on positive content with سفيان عمروسية rounded off the programme; the work was screened at the closing ceremony, followed by the presentation of certificates.

Trainers

حسني بن عمر Screenwriting and directing
نصر الدين رقم Screenwriting and directing
سفيان عمروسية Positive content

On the programme

From idea to script
Directing
Editing
Positive content

2024

Fifth training session: performance, camera and editing

الدورة التكوينية الخامسة في فن التمثيل والأداء أمام الكاميرا والتصوير السينمائي ومونتاج الفيديو

Dates: 26–28 April 2024
Venue: Sousse Youth Complex

Young people, content creators, amateurs and specialists: the fifth training session was open to a wide audience. With صلاح الدين مصدق on acting and on-camera presence, and نصر الدين رقم on directing, participants practised cinematography and editing, through to producing an audiovisual awareness message. The closing ceremony honoured trainers and participants alike.

Trainers

صلاح الدين مصدق Acting and on-camera performance
نصر الدين رقم Directing and audiovisual practice

On the programme

On-camera performance
Cinematography
Editing
Awareness message

2024

Sousse through its visitors’ lens

سوسة بعدسة زوارها

Dates: 30–31 August 2024
Venue: Fine Arts Institute, Sousse

During the festival’s fourth edition, the workshop “سوسة بعدسة زوارها” focused on creating positive content. Mentored by actor and drama teacher محمد دغمان and by سفيان عمروسية, participants put what they had learned into practice by making several awareness videos.

Trainers

محمد دغمان Actor and drama teacher
سفيان عمروسية Positive content

On the programme

Positive content
Awareness videos
Sousse

2025

Sixth training session: a spot for the environment

الدورة التكوينية التطبيقية السادسة: إنجاز وتصوير ومضة توعوية حول العناية بالبيئة

Dates: 30 August 2025
Venue: Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Sousse

Held during the festival’s fifth edition, this hands-on training put participants behind the camera on a specific subject: protecting the environment. From concept to shoot, they were guided by سفيان عمروسية, facilitator أنيس المبروكي and أيمن دردوري, director of the fifth edition. The work resulted in an awareness film about cleanliness.

Trainers

سفيان عمروسية Positive content
أنيس المبروكي Facilitation
أيمن دردوري Director of the fifth edition

On the programme

Environment
Cleanliness
Directing
Shooting

Read the article

2026

Three workshops: acting, positive content and AI filmmaking

ورشات فنون الأداء والتمثيل وصناعة المحتوى الإيجابي وصناعة الأفلام بالذكاء الاصطناعي

Dates: 29 August 2026
Venue: Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Sousse

For its sixth edition, open to artificial intelligence, the festival devoted 29 August to practice. The programme included a morning acting workshop with صابر الوسلاتي; in the afternoon, two parallel workshops: positive content creation with سفيان عمروسية and علاء الدين الخنيسي, and AI-assisted filmmaking with عماد الزارعي and محمد الطاهر قرايرية; and screenings and discussion in the evening.

Trainers

صابر الوسلاتي Acting and performance
سفيان عمروسية Positive content
علاء الدين الخنيسي Positive content
عماد الزارعي AI-assisted filmmaking
محمد الطاهر قرايرية AI-assisted filmmaking

On the programme

Acting
Positive content
Artificial intelligence
Filmmaking

See the announcement

Content based on the festival’s archives and press coverage.

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Edition 7 — 2027

The next chapter is yours

The seventh edition’s workshops are presented on the edition page as they are announced.

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