Mounia Meddour | |
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| Born | 1978 |
| Citizenship | Algeria, France |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Film screenwriter, Film producer, Screenwriter |
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Mounia Meddour (born 15 May 1978) is a Franco-Algerian film director.
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]
Unless otherwise stated, Mounia Meddor is director and screen-writer of her movies.
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