FIPRESCI Jury
A lecturer in Audiovisual Techniques and Cinema at the Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts at Manouba University in Tunisia. She is a Doctor in Science and Techniques of the Arts. She is the author of the book “Aesthetics of the Documentary, Post-revolution Tunisian Cinema” published in 2017. She has participated in collective works published in France and Spain. She was artistic director of two festivals (TOIFF 2019, Manarat 2022) and a member of the artistic committee of the Carthage Film Festival (2015/2016/2020). She has been a jury member in several film festivals in Tunisia and abroad. Since 2012, she is a film script consultant.
An Artistic Consultant and Script Reader in both Malmo Arab Film Festival (Sweden) and El Gouna Film Festival (Egypt). He served as associate producer in many films including JOURNEY OF ETERNITY. He was the Artistic Director of Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries & Shorts in addition was a program director of Cinema of Tomorrow Competition at CIFF. He is member of the administrative board of The Egyptian Film Critics’ Association (FIPRESCI member). He authored many books about cinema figures including “Raafat Al Mihi.. The Man of Cinema”. Published in 2014.
A film critic, programmer, broadcaster, and an editor. She lives in London, writing regularly for British national newspapers and magazines: The Daily Mirror, Tribune, Morning Star, Culture Matters. She is a long-standing member of the prestigious UK Critics’ Circle, voter of the 80th Golden Globes, and Vice President of The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).
She has juried some of the most venerated film festivals, including Toronto, Venice, Berlin, Moscow, and Cannes.