Anis LASSOUED obtained his directing diploma from the IMC – Institut Maghrébin de Cinéma – Tunis and the University of Tor Vergata – Rome. In 2004, he made his first short documentary, “Les poupées de sucre de Nabeul” (The Sugar Dolls of Nabeul), and in 2006, he directed his first short fiction “Saba Flous” (Magical Harvest) (Muhr Award at DIFF-VAE 2006, Gold Cairo at Cairo International Film Festival for Children, Egypt-2007, Gold Kazoos at Francophone Film Festival of Kalamazoo-Michigan 2007). His second short fiction, Sabbat El Aïd (My Shoes) (2013), won several international awards. In 2013, he co-founded Lumières Films with Chema Ben Chaabene.