Hinde Boujemaa
Hinde Boujemaa | |
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هند بوجمعة | |
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Hinde Boujemaa (Arabic: هند بوجمعة, romanized: Hind Būjumʻah) is a half-Tunisian, half-Belgian film director.[1]
Life
[edit]Boujemaa did a degree in marketing, worked in makeup and special effects, and brought up children before starting her career in filmmaking.[2] In 2006 she studied scriptwriting in a French correspondence course school, and in 2009 wrote a feature film, Under Paradise, which won the Sud Ecriture prize at the Carthage Film Festival.[1] She has said that the Tunisian Revolution was responsible for her own "personal revolution", giving her the inspiration to pursue filmmaking for herself.[2]
Boujemaa's documentary It Was Better Tomorrow follows the life of a young woman in Tunis trying to care for her children after the Tunisian Revolution.[3] Her 2019 feature film Noura's Dream portrays a woman (played by Hend Sabri) who is caught between her husband and her lover.[2] The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
Films
[edit]- C'était mieux demain / It Was Better Tomorrow, 2012
- And Romeo Married Juliette, 2014
- Noura's Dream, 2019
References
[edit]- ^ a b It Was Better Tomorrow
- ^ a b c Ben Croll, 'Noura's Dream' Director Hinde Boujemaa Owes It All to the Arab Spring, Variety, September 24, 2019.
- ^ Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (2014). Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.
- ^ Hassan Abdel Zaher, Arab talents shine at El Gouna Film Festival, The Arab Weekly, 28 September 2019.
