Dora Bouchoucha ( ar, درة بوشوشة; born 11 October 1957) is a

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n film producer and one of the nine members of the Individual Freedoms and Equality Committee.

Biography

Dora Bouchoucha graduated in 1987 from the Sorbonne University with a degree in English literature. In 1995, along with Ibrahim Letaïef, she co-founded her private production company called Nomadis Images. She also went on to found an association called ''Sud Écriture'' which provides training for African and Arab authors. Moreover, Bouchoucha led

Carthage Film Festival The Carthage Film Festival (CFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Tunis and founded in 1966. It is also called by its abbreviation JCC, from its French name, , or by its Arabic title, (''Cinema Days of Carthage''). Initially bienn ...

3 times: 2008, 2010 and 2014. Dora Bouchoucha has been present in several international film festivals as a judge, for example at the Berlinale in 2017, and as part of debates and round tables. In the same year, she was chosen as a permanent member of the CineMart committee within the Rotterdam International Film Festival. In 2018, she became part of the Individual Freedoms and Equality Committee whose mission was to work on a reform project that aligns with the 2014 Tunisian constitution and the international human rights standards. Bouchoucha was also elected to join the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...

that organizes the

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as a member along with 11 other Arab filmmakers. She also joined as a jury member for the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for Debut Film of the 77th

Venice International Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

Awards

* Grand officer of the ''Ordre national du Mérite'' (Tunisia, 2010). * Commander of ''

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

(''France, 2015). * Officer of ''Ordre de la République'' (Tunisie, 2016). * Berlinale best first film prize (Germany, 2016). * Chosen by the New African magazine as one of the 100 most influential Africans (2017). * Tribute from the

El Gouna Film Festival The El Gouna Film Festival (GFF; ar, مهرجان الجونة السينمائي) is an annual film festival established in 2017, held in the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna, Egypt. The inaugural festival started September 22, 2017. The psychologi ...

for her filmography.

Filmography

Personal life

Dora Bouchoucha is married to Kamel Fourati. Together they have two daughters; one of them is Kenza Fourati, who's a model based in Brooklyn and Maleke an academic with a PhD in Economics.

References

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