Narjiss Nejjar

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Narjiss Nejjar
Born1971
Nationality Moroccan
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Notable workWake Up Morocco

Narjiss Nejjar (born 1971) is a Moroccan filmmaker and screenwriter. Her film Les Yeux Secs (Cry No More) [lower-alpha 1] was screened at Cannes in 2003. [1]

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Early life and career

Nejjar was a student at ESRA in Paris, where she studied filmmaking. [2]

In 1994, she directed her first documentary L’exigence de la Dignite. [3] She has worked on documentaries as well as fiction films; her best known feature film, Les Yeux Secs initially started as a documentary about the women of Tizi but the women declined to be filmed. [4] The film was screened at the 2003 Cannes film festival and the 4th International Festival of Rabat Film where she received the grand prize. [3]

She is also the author of the novel Cahier d'empreintes; released in 1999. [2]

Nejjar is the daughter to the novelist Noufissa Sbai; Sbai was the producer on Les Yeux Secs.

Selected filmography

See also

Notes

  1. Sometimes translated as Dry Eyes.

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References

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  2. 1 2 Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 223. ISBN   9780253000422 . Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Narjiss Nejjar". Websil Sarl. October 19, 2005. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. Pallister, Janis L.; Hottell, Ruth A. (2011). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Madison, NJ; Lanham, Md.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 100–101. ISBN   9781611474435 . Retrieved 23 January 2016.