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Leyla Bouzid (born 1984 in Tunis), is a Tunisian screenwriter and film director.
Leyla Bouzid | |
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| Born | 1984 Tunis |
| Nationality | Tunisian  Tunisia |
| Occupation(s) | screenwriter and film director |
| Notable work | A Tale of Love and Desire |
| Father | Nouri Bouzid |
Early life and education
editBorn in Tunis in 1984, Bouzid is the daughter of the director Nouri Bouzid. She grew up in Tunisia, spending her adolescence in Tunis. After her baccalaureate, she moved to Paris to study literature at the Sorbonne. After achieving a first short film, Bonjour (Sbah el khir el), she completed her studies at La Fémis.[1][2]
Bouzid short film Twitching was her graduation film for La Fémis; it was shot in Tunisia.
In 2012, Twitching screened in a competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where it was well received. It also won the Grand Jury Prize of student films at the Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers.[1]
Career
editIn 2013, Zakaria was Bouzid's first produced short film.
In 2015, her feature film, As I Open My Eyes, was selected for several festivals. It won acclaim at events like the Venice Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, the International Festival of Young Filmmakers of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, and the International Film Festival of Dubai.[3][4][5]
As I Open My Eyes investigates the modern Tunisian identity through focusing on a young woman's personal relationships during the political instability in the months before the Tunisian Revolution. The film marries the private life of a young Tunisian woman with the story of her nation at the cusp of fundamental change; "the young female body of Farah, with her voice and gaze, plays a pivotal role in how the movie is intensely meandering between the political and the nonpolitical."[6]
Filmography
edit- 2006 : Bonjour (Sbah el khir), court métrage en tant que co-réalisatrice et co-scénariste ;
- 2010 : Un Ange passe, court métrage en tant que réalisatrice et co-scénariste (film de troisième année) ;
- 2010 : Condamnation, court métrage réalisé par Walid Mattar en tant que co-scénariste ;
- 2011 : Soubresauts, court métrage en tant que réalisatrice et co-scénariste (film de fin d'étude) ;
- 2012 : Offrande, court métrage réalisé par Walid Mattar en tant que co-scénariste ;
- 2013 : Zakaria, court métrage en tant que réalisatrice et co-scénariste ;
- 2015 : À peine j'ouvre les yeux, long métrage en tant que réalisatrice et co-scénariste avec Marie-Sophie Chambon.
- 2021 : A Tale of Love and Desire
Awards and nominations
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References
edit- ^ a b Africultures
- ^ B.L. 2012.
- ^ Smati 2015, Huffington Post.
- ^ Diao 2015, Le Monde.
- ^ Djian 2015, L'Express.
- ^ Alena, Strohmaier (2019). "Tunisians in motion: Performing and narrating the (non-)political in Leyla Bouzid's As I Open My Eyes". Journal of African Cinemas. 11 (2). Intellect: 141–154. doi:10.1386/jac_00012_1.
Sources
editBibliography
edit- B.L. (2012-12-08), Soubresauts de Leyla Bouzid au Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (in French), Jetset Magazine, Jetset, archived from the original on 2015-12-24, retrieved 2016-01-27
- Kamel Bouaouina (2015-01-31), Au Festival panafricain du cinéma d'Ouagadougou : Raja Amari et Leyla Bouzid (in French), Le Temps.
- Sara El Majhad (2015-03-10), Zakaria de Leyla Bouzid remporte le prix Ibn Battuta de Royal Air Maroc (in French), Aujourd'hui le Maroc.
- Smati, Maha (2015-09-14), Venice Days : la réalisatrice tunisienne Leyla Bouzid rafle deux prix (in French), Al Huffington Post, archived from the original on December 24, 2015
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- Diao, Claire (2015-12-01), "Les yeux bien ouverts de Leyla Bouzid", Le Monde (in French)
- Agence France-Presse (2015-12-18), À peine j'ouvre les yeux : un portrait vibrant de la jeunesse tunisienne (in French), L'Express.
- Mehdi Omaïs (2015-12-22), À peine j'ouvre les yeux : quand Leyla Bouzid chante la liberté en Tunisie (in French), Metronews.
- Guillaume Tion (2015-12-22), À peine j'ouvre les yeux, toile d'attente tunisienne (in French), Libération.
- Thomas Sotinel (2015-12-22), Je voulais qu'on voie le regard d'une jeune femme sur le corps d'un homme (in French), Le Monde.
- Jacques Mandelbaum (2015-12-22), À peine j'ouvre les yeux : un bourgeon rock dans le " printemps arabe " (in French), Le Monde.
- Djian, Laurent (2015-12-23), À peine j'ouvre les yeux : Leyla Bouzid capte la fureur de la jeunesse tunisienne (in French), L'Express.
External links
edit- "Leyla Bouzid". Africultures (in French)..