Mounia Meddour
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Mounia Meddour (born 15 May 1978) is a Franco-Algerian film director.
Biography
[edit ]Meddour's father is the Algerian director Azzedine Meddour[1] and her mother comes from Russia. She studied in a journalism school, then trained in cinema and audiovisual in France. She completed a diploma at the European Centre Of Training Production Film (CEFPF) in fiction film directing in 2002 then a second diploma in documentary filmmaking in 2004.[2]
She then directed several documentaries, such as Particules élémentaires[3] in 2007, La Cuisine en héritage[4] in 2009, and in 2011 Cinéma algérien, un nouveau souffle a documentary on the new generation of Algerian directors which emerge, despite the absence of funding. That same year, she directed her first short fiction film, Edwige.[5]
Finally, in 2019, her first feature fiction film, Papicha , filmed in spring 2018, is directed and is selected at the Cannes Film Festival. In Papicha, the young female main character, Nedjma, is passionate about fashion and tries to organize a fashion show in her hall of residence in 1990. It is a way to mention a decade of violence and terrorism, in the 1990s, in Algeria. The film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard [6] section and also received three awards at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival in France. It was also nominated at the César Awards 2020 as Best First Feature Film,[7] and her actress Lyna Khoudri, with whom she prepared for a long time her character,[8] was selected in the list of a potential Most Promising Actress award. Finally, on 28 February 2020 at the César Film Awards, the film won two awards: Best First Feature Film and Most Promising Actress for her lead actress awards.[9]
Filmography
[edit ]Unless otherwise stated, Mounia Meddor is director and screen-writer of her movies.
- 2006: Tikjda, La caravane des savoirs (documentary)
- 2007: Hitman , directed by Xavier Gens (assistant director)
- 2007: Particules élémentaires (documentary, 50 min)
- 2009: La Cuisine en héritage (documentary, 52 min)[10]
- 2011: Cinéma algérien, un nouveau souffle (documentary, 52 min)[11]
- 2012: Edwige (short film, 15 min)[12]
- 2018: Papicha , selected film in the Un Certain Regard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, selected at the 92nd Academy Awards to represents Algeria in the Best International Feature Film category, multi-ward winning (2019 César Award for Best First Feature Film, 2019 César Award for Most Promising Actress, Young Jury Prize at the International Festival of Carthage, etc.)
- 2022: Houria
Awards
[edit ]- 2019: Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
- 2020 César: First Feature Film for Papicha
- 2023 Biografilm Festival: Beyond Fiction Audience Award for Houria[13]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Mounia Meddour sur les traces de son père", Liberté Algérie, October 8, 2018
- ^ "Meddour, Mounia", on africine.org
- ^ "Particules élémentaires", on film-documentaire.fr
- ^ "La Cuisine en héritage" on film-documentaire.fr
- ^ "Cinéma algérien, un nouveau souffle, de Mounia Meddour. Une génération de champignon", Liberté Algérie, October 20, 2012
- ^ Zahra Chenaoui, "Le cinéma algérien rêve d'indépendance financière, Le Monde
- ^ "César 2020: "J'accuse", "Les Misérables", "La Belle époque", "Grâce à Dieu"... toutes les nominations", on franceinter.fr, January 29, 2020
- ^ Nesrine Slaoui, "Lyna Khoudri, destin d'actrice, mémoires d'Algérie" on Bondyblog.fr, October 8, 2019
- ^ "Césars 2020 en direct", Le Monde , February 28, 2020
- ^ "La Cuisine en héritage", on Télérama
- ^ "Cinéma algérien, un nouveau souffle", on film-documentaire.fr
- ^ "Edwige. A short film by Mounia Meddour" on unifrance.org
- ^ "Premi 2023". Biografilm. Retrieved 2024年06月04日.