In 2013, Achour directed her first short film, Laisse-moi finir, on the subject of life in Tunisia after the Arab Spring when the Islamists took control.[1] It was screened in several festivals and received the Audience Award in the Made in Med short film competition of June 2014. Her performance in La fille publique drew the attention of the director Sylvie Ohayon, who cast the young actress as Stephanie in the 2014 film Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone.