Moufida Tlatli

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Moufida Tlatli
مفيدة التلاتلي
Born(1947-08-04)4 August 1947
French Tunisia
Died7 February 2021(2021-02-07) (aged 73)
NationalityTunisian
Alma materInstitut des hautes études cinématographiques
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film editor
  • politician
Years active1970–2021
Notable workThe Silences of the Palace

Moufida Tlatli (

Nadia and Sarra
.

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.[11] She moved to Paris in 1965, where she studied film editing and screenplay at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.[12] She subsequently went back to Tunisia in 1972 and started off as a film editor.[12][13] One of the notable films she edited was Halfaouine Child of the Terraces (1990) by Férid Boughedir.[12]

Career

Moufida Tlatli made her directorial debut with

Istanbul International Film Festival's Golden Tulip.[12] It was later categorized as one of the ten best films from Africa by film director and critic Mark Cousins in September 2012.[14]

The second film Moufida Tlatli directed,

Nadia and Sarra (2004), featured Palestinian actor–director Hiam Abbass in the title role.[13]

Later life

Tlatli was appointed as

provisional government in 2011, following the Tunisian Revolution and the ousting of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.[13][17]

Tlatli died of

COVID-19 on 7 February 2021, at age 73.[13] She was survived by her husband, Mohamed Tlatli, her daughter Selima Chaffai and son, Walid, and five grandchildren.[18]

Filmography

Editor

Year Title Reference
2004
Nadia and Sarra
[19]
2000 The Season of Men [19]
1994 The Silences of the Palace [19]
1994 The Fire Dance [20]
1990 Halfaouine Child of the Terraces [19]
1990 The Song of The Rock [21][19]
1989 Leila's My Reason [19]
1988 The Trace [19]
1987 Arab Camera [19]
1986 Arab [22]
1984 Wanderers of The Desert [19]
1983 Crossings [23]
1982 Shadows of The Earth [22][23]
1980 Aziza [22][23]
1979 Nahla [19]
1978 A Ball and Dreams [22]
1977 Omar Katlato [22]
1975 Fatma 75 [22][23]
1974 A People's Victory [24]
1974 Sajnène [23]
1972 In The Land of Trannani [22]

Director

Year Title Notes
2004
Nadia and Sarra
[19]
2000 The Season of Men [19][25][26][27]
1994 The Silences of the Palace [19][28][29]

Writer

Year Title Notes
2004
Nadia and Sarra
[19]
2000 The Season of Men [21][19]
1994 The Silences of the Palace [19]

References

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    . Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Le Grand Prix de la Biennale des cinémas arabes a été attribué à Moufida Tlatli cinéaste tunisien pour La Saison des hommes". Le Monde.fr (in French). 12 July 2000. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Décès de la réalisatrice tunisienne Moufida Tlatli". Kapitalis. El Ghazala, Tunisia. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021. (in French)
  12. ^ a b c d e "Moufida Tlatli". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Cousins, Mark (3 September 2012). "African cinema: ten of the best". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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  17. ^ 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.
  18. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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  28. ^ "The Silences Of The Palace (Le Silence du Palais) | Film | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  29. ^ James, Caryn (30 September 1994). "FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW; A Daughter Revisits Her Mother's Oppression (Published 1994)". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2023.