Rim Nakhli studied cinema at the ISAMM, 'Institut Supérieur des Arts Multimédia de la Manouba' in Tunis. She continued her studies in Italy, where she received her Master's degree in Cinema, Television and Multimedia Production from the University of Bologna, DAMS. Her thesis focused on the relationship between comics and cinema. Since then, in 2017, she directed her first professional short film "Ranim", which was selected in several festivals, including Pingyao International Film Festival at ""Pingyao Corner"", Asia South-East Short Film Festival, Mashariki African Film Festival....
In 2020, she directed her second short film "Nour", which was selected for the Locarno Film Festival in the "Pardi di domani" section, the AFI Fest in Los Angeles, the Cairo International Film Festival, and several other festivals. She previously worked at the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage and the Cinémathèque tunisienne.

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