Director: Amel Guellaty
A road trip through the south of Tunisia sounds simple until you realize the two people taking it are running from everything else in their lives.
What is Where the Wind Comes From about?
Alyssa, nineteen and restless, and Mehdi, her quieter and more withdrawn friend, have built a shared habit of imagining their way out of lives that offer them little room to grow. Their daydreams stay harmless until they hear about a competition held in the south of the country — one that could actually give them a real exit, not just an imagined one. The pair sets out on the journey together, and what starts as a long-shot bid for an opportunity becomes a study of how far friendship, stubbornness, and imagination can carry two people determined not to accept the futures already mapped out for them. Obstacles keep piling up along the way, but so does their resolve.
Cast & crew
Eya Bellagha and Slim Baccar lead as Alyssa and Mehdi, playing a friendship built on shared escapism rather than romance, which gives the film room to explore ambition and fear without falling into a predictable arc. Director Amel Guellaty surrounds them with a supporting cast — including Sondos Belhassen, Lobna Noomene, and Firas Khoury — that fills out the small-town world they're trying to leave behind.
Context & significance
Produced across France, Tunisia, and Qatar, Where the Wind Comes From fits into a wave of North African coming-of-age films that use a single journey to unpack much larger questions about opportunity, restlessness, and what it costs young people to imagine a different life for themselves. Its 2025 release places it among recent festival-circuit titles exploring similar ground with a distinctly regional voice.
Where & how to watch
Where the Wind Comes From is available to stream on K-Time, which offers a Farsi-language viewing experience built for Persian-speaking audiences around the world. Anyone can read this page without an account; watching the film itself only requires logging in, with no purchase step or comparison to other platforms involved.