THE Tunisian dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, fell on January 15, 2011. The Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak fell on February 11, 2011. Only a few months later, in May, a documentary film about the revolution in Tunisia, and a film compilation about the revolution in Egypt were shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film on the Tunisian revolution, La Khaoufa Baada al-Yaoum (No More Fear) by Mourad Ben Cheikh, was shown as part of the special p