Moufida Tlatli (Tunisian Arabic: مفيدة التلاتلي; 4 August 1947 – 7 February 2021) was a Tunisian film director, screenwriter, and editor.[1][2][3][4] She is best known for her breakthrough film The Silences of the Palace,[5][6][7][8] which won several international awards and was praised by critics. She made two more well received movies,The Season of Men [9][10] and Nadia and Sarra.
Moufida Tlatli was born in Sidi Bou Said, a suburb of the capital Tunis, on 4 August 1947. Her interest in cinema was piqued by her philosophy teacher.[11] She moved to Paris in 1965, where she studied film editing and screenplay at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.[12] She subsequently went back to Tunisia in 1972 and started off as a film editor.[12][13] One of the notable films she edited was Halfaouine Child of the Terraces (1990) by Férid Boughedir.[12]
Moufida Tlatli made her directorial debut with The Silences of the Palace (1994). She drew inspiration for the film from the challenging experiences her mother endured as an Arab woman.[13] The film was acclaimed critically and won several awards: Cannes Film Festival's Golden Camera, the Carthage Film Festival's Golden Tanit, British Film Institute's Sutherland Trophy, Toronto Film Festival's International Critics' Award, and Istanbul International Film Festival's Golden Tulip.[12] It was later categorized as one of the ten best films from Africa by film director and critic Mark Cousins in September 2012.[14]
The second film Moufida Tlatli directed, The Season of Men (2000), was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival that year.[15] It was awarded the Grand Prix by the Arab World Institute, as well as awards at film festivals held in Namur, Valencia, Torino, and Stuttgart.[12] She subsequently sat as a juror of the Cannes Film Festival. She became only the second director from the Maghreb to do so, after Boughedir one decade before.[16] Her third and final film, Nadia and Sarra (2004), featured Palestinian actor–director Hiam Abbass in the title role.[13]
Tlatli was appointed as Minister of Culture by Tunisia's provisional government in 2011, following the Tunisian Revolution and the ousting of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.[13][17]
Tlatli died of COVID-19 on 7 February 2021, at age 73.[13] She was survived by her husband, Mohamed Tlatli, her daughter Selima Chaffai and son, Walid, and five grandchildren.[18]
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