Jihan El Tahri

Director

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BIOGRAPHIE

Journalist, author, director, scriptwriter, producer, visual artist Jihan El-Tahri began her career as a foreign correspondent covering Middle East politics for US News and Reuters. For over thirty years now, she has directed and produced dozens of documentaries, including the multi-award-winning Nasser, Behind the Rainbow, Cuba, an African Odyssey and House of Saoud. Her work as a visual artist has been exhibited worldwide in galleries and as part of biennial events. Jihan has been a script doctor and mentor on several films, she regularly collaborates with film incubators such as the Berlinale Talent Campus (Germany), the Ouaga Film Lab (Burkina Faso) and Qumra (Qatar) and has participated in various selection committees such as the Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland) and the Jeune création francophone. Jihan is also involved in various associations and institutions working for African cinema: she is the treasurer of the Guild of African Filmmakers in the Diaspora, advisor to Focus Features' "Africa First" programme and regional secretary of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI). In 2017, she became a member the Academy of the Oscars®. DOCUMENTARIES (SELECTION) Director, producer 1990 : Do They Feel my Shadow 1995 : The Coran and the Kalashnikov, golden FIGRA - Festival international du grand reportage d’actualité (Douai, France) 1995 1996 : Algeria, La Vie malgré tout 1998 : Israel and the Arabs, British Television price (UK) 1998 2001 : Africa in Pieces 2003 : Les Maux de la faim, European Media price 2004 2004 : House Saoud 2006 : Cuba, an African Odissey, Olivier Masson price - Sunny Side of the Doc (La Rochelle, France) 2006 2006 : Requiem for Revolution 2008 : Behind the Rainbow, second documentary price FESPACO (Burkina Faso) 2009 2009 : Afrique du Sud : L’Heure des bilans 2014 : Nasser 2015 : The Pharaohs of Modern Egypt 2022 : Complexifying Restitution PUBLICATIONS Author 1997 : The Seven Lives of Yasser Arafat (ed. Grasset) 1998 : The Fifty-Years War : Israel and the Arabs (ed. Penguin)

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