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Moufida Tlatli is a Director, Writer and Editor Tunisienne born on 4 august 1947 at Sidi Bou Said (Tunisie)
Moufida Tlatli (Arabic: مفيدة التلاتلي; born 1947) is a Tunisian film director. She was the first Arab woman to direct a full featured-film (The Silences of the Palace) in the Arab World.
After graduating from the French Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in 1968, she returned to Tunisia where she worked as a film editor for different Tunisian films.
She directed her first featured-film The Silences of the Palace in 1994. The film was acclaimed critically and won several awards : Cannes Film Festival's Golden Camera, the Golden Tanit of Carthage, British Film Institute Awards' Sutherland Trophy, Toronto Film Festival's International Critics' Award and Istanbul International Film Festival's Golden Tulip.
Her second film, The Season of Men, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Following the downfall of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 she was appointed Minister of Culture in the provisional government.
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Moufida Tlatli
Nationality Tunisie
Birth 4 august 1947 at Sidi Bou Said (Tunisie)
Death 7 february 2021 (at 73 years)
Birth 4 august 1947 at Sidi Bou Said (Tunisie)
Death 7 february 2021 (at 73 years)
Biography
She was born in Sidi Bou Saïd suburb of the capital Tunis in 1947. She said that she discovered her love to cinema with the help of her philosophy teacher.After graduating from the French Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in 1968, she returned to Tunisia where she worked as a film editor for different Tunisian films.
She directed her first featured-film The Silences of the Palace in 1994. The film was acclaimed critically and won several awards : Cannes Film Festival's Golden Camera, the Golden Tanit of Carthage, British Film Institute Awards' Sutherland Trophy, Toronto Film Festival's International Critics' Award and Istanbul International Film Festival's Golden Tulip.
Her second film, The Season of Men, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Following the downfall of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 she was appointed Minister of Culture in the provisional government.
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Filmography of Moufida Tlatli (13 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Season of Men | Director, Writer | |
| 1994 | The Silences of the Palace | Director, Writer, Editor | |
| 1990 | Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces | Editor | |
| 1988 | The Trace | Editor | |
| 1986 | Wanderers of the Desert | Editor | |
| 1983 | Crossing Over | Editor | |
| 1982 | The Shadow of the Earth | Editor | |
| 1982 | The Shadow of the Earth | Editor | |
| 1980 | Aziza | Editor | |
| 1979 | Nahla | Editor | |
| 1976 | Omar Gatlato | Editor | |
| 1975 | Fatma 75 | Editor | |
| 1974 | Sejnane | Editor |