Narjiss Nejjar
Early life and career
Nejjar was a student at ESRA in Paris, where she studied filmmaking. [2]
In 1994, she directed her first documentary L’exigence de la Dignite. [3] She has worked on documentaries as well as fiction films; her best known feature film, Les Yeux Secs initially started as a documentary about the women of Tizi but the women declined to be filmed. [4] The film was screened at the 2003 Cannes film festival and the 4th International Festival of Rabat Film where she received the grand prize. [3]
She is also the author of the novel Cahier d'empreintes ; released in 1999. [2]
Nejjar is the daughter to the novelist Noufissa Sbai ; Sbai was the producer on Les Yeux Secs .
Selected filmography
- L’exigence de la Dignite (1994)
- Khaddouj, Memoire de Targha (1996)
- Les Salines (1998)
- Le septième ciel (2001)
- Le miroir du fou (2002)
- Les Yeux Secs (Cry No More. 2003)
- Wake Up Morocco (2006)
- Terminus des anges (2010)
- L'amante du rif (2011)
References
- ^ "Narjiss NEJJAR". Festival De Cannes. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ ab Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers . Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 223. ISBN 9780253000422. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ ab "Narjiss Nejjar". Websil Sarl. October 19, 2005. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ Pallister, Janis L.; Hottell, Ruth A. (2011). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel . Madison, NJ; Lanham, Md. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 100–101. ISBN 9781611474435. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
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