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Baya
Medhaffar

Awardee

Country

Tunisia

Baya Medhaffar re-examines history through film.

Themes

Reexamining history

Disciplines

Film

Music

Photography

Sound Art

Video Art

Awards

SEED Award 2022

Supported by

British Council

Profile

Baya Medhaffar is a Tunisian visual artist. She graduated in cinema and Philosophy at the University of Vincennes-Saint Denis in Paris. She started as an actress and singer in "As I open my eyes" by Leyla Bouzid before turning to documentary and experimental filmmaking. In 2019, she worked as the assistant director in the film "Bidoun 4" by Jilani Saadi. In 2021 she released her first short essay "Festina Lenteيا عم الشيفور " which premiered at FID Marseille and was awarded an artistic excellence prize at Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris. Since 2020 she has worked as a film programmer and artistic coordinator for GABES CINEMA FEN festival.