Erige Sehiri is a director, producer, and former journalist whose work bridges documentary realism and narrative cinema. Erige began her film career in documentary, directing the acclaimed Railway Men (2018), which captured the daily struggles of Tunisian railway workers. In 2022, she wrote, directed and produced her first feature, Under the Fig Trees, an intimate portrait of youth, labor, and fleeting moments of connection set in a rural fig orchard. The film premiered at the 54th Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and was selected to represent Tunisia at the 95th Academy Awards in 2023. Beyond her work in film, Erige is an active advocate for freedom of expression and media literacy. Promised Sky (2025), her second feature film, premiered at the Un Certain Regard of the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025.