Moufida Tlatli
Moufida Tlatli | |
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مفيدة التلاتلي | |
| Born | 4 August 1947 Sidi Bou Saïd, French Tunisia |
| Died | 7 February 2021 (aged 73) |
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| Years active | 1970–2021 |
Moufida Tlatli (Tunisian Arabic: مفيدة التلاتلي; 4 August 1947 – 7 February 2021[1]) was a Tunisian film director, screenwriter, and editor. She is noted for her breakthrough film The Silences of the Palace in 1994, which won several international awards. She went on to direct two more films: The Season of Men (2000) and (2004).
Early life[]
Moufida Tlatli was born in Sidi Bou Said, a suburb of the capital Tunis, on 4 August 1947. Her interest in cinema was piqued by her philosophy teacher.[2] She moved to Paris in 1965, where she studied film editing and screenplay at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.[3] She subsequently went back to Tunisia in 1972 and started off as a film editor.[3][4] One of the notable films she edited was Halfaouine Child of the Terraces (1990) by Férid Boughedir.[3]
Career[]
Moufida Tlatli made her directorial debut with The Silences of the Palace (1994). She drew inspiration for the film from the challenging experiences her mother endured as an Arab woman.[4] The film was acclaimed critically and won several awards: Cannes Film Festival's Golden Camera, the Carthage Film Festival's Golden Tanit, British Film Institute's Sutherland Trophy, Toronto Film Festival's International Critics' Award, and Istanbul International Film Festival's Golden Tulip.[3] It was later categorized as one of the ten best films from Africa by film director and critic Mark Cousins in September 2012.[5]
The second film Moufida Tlatli directed, The Season of Men (2000), was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival that year.[6] It was awarded the Grand Prix by the Arab World Institute, as well as awards at film festivals held in Namur, Valencia, Torino, and Stuttgart.[3] She subsequently sat as a juror of the Cannes Film Festival. She became only the second director from the Maghreb to do so, after Boughedir one decade before.[7] Her third and final film, (2004), featured Palestinian actor–director Hiam Abbass in the title role.[4]
Later life[]
Tlatli was appointed as Minister of Culture by Tunisia's provisional government in 2011, following the Tunisian Revolution and the ousting of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.[4][8]
Tlatli died of COVID-19 on 7 February 2021, at age 73.[4] She was survived by her husband, Mohamed Tlatli, her daughter Selima Chaffai and son, Walid, and five grandchildren.[9]
Filmography[]
Editor[]
- 1972: [10]
- 1974: [11]
- 1974: [12]
- 1975: [10][11]
- 1977: [10]
- 1978: [10]
- 1979: Nahla[13][14]
- 1980: Aziza[10][11]
- 1982: [10][11]
- 1983: [11]
- 1984: [14]
- 1986: [10]
- 1987: [14]
- 1988: The Trace[14]
- 1989: [14]
- 1990: [13][14]
- 1990: [13][14]
- 1994: [15]
- 1994: The Silences of the Palace[14]
- 2000: The Season of Men[14]
- 2004: [14]
Director[]
- 1994: The Silences of the Palace[13][14]
- 2000: The Season of Men[13][14]
- 2004: [14]
Writer[]
- 1994: The Silences of the Palace[14]
- 2000: The Season of Men[13][14]
- 2004: [14]
References[]
- ^ "Renowned Tunisian filmmaker Moufida El-Talatli passes away at age 73 – Film – Arts & Culture". Ahram Online.
- ^ "Décès de la réalisatrice tunisienne Moufida Tlatli". Kapitalis. El Ghazala, Tunisia. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Moufida Tlatli". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Pulver, Andrew (9 February 2021). "Moufida Tlatli, Silences of the Palace director, dies aged 73". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Cousins, Mark (3 September 2012). "African cinema: ten of the best". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "La Saison des Hommes" [The Season of Men]. Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American University in Cairo Press. p. 453. ISBN 9789774249433.
- ^ Ayad, Christophe (18 January 2011). "Tunisie, une transition à hauts risques" [Tunisia, a high-risk transition]. www.liberation.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 8 July 2013.
- ^ Traub, Alex (4 March 2021). "Moufida Tlatli, Groundbreaker in Arab Film, Dies at 78". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Moufida Tlatli". elCinema. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780253351166.
- ^ Touti Moumen présente films tunisiens longs métrages, 1967–1998. M. Touti. 1998. p. 62. ISBN 9789973310439.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Moufida Tlatli". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Moufida Tlatli". British Film Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Moufida Tlatli". Mubi. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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