Nidhal Guiga (born 11 March 1975) is a Tunisian actress, writer, and film director.

Biography

Guiga has a doctorate in linguistics and began teaching at the university level in 2002. In 2006, Guiga wrote and directed the play ''Une heure et demie après moi'', produced by the Tunisian National Theater. In 2008, she directed ''Selon Gagarine'', also produced by the Tunisian National Theater. In 2012, Guiga published her debut novel ''Mathilde B.'', which was awarded the Zoubeïda B'chir prize. Also in 2012, she began working as a columnist for

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and performed the radio plays '' Antigone'' and '' Rhinoceros''. In 2013, she wrote ''Pronto Gagarin'', which was selected in the Contemporary Arab Dramaturgies project. The play was presented at the Festival d'Avignon in 2014. In 2014, Guiga wrote and directed the short comedy film ''A Capella'', involving a discussion between a man and woman. She wrote her second novel, ''Tristesse Avenue'', and had it published in 2015. Also in 2015, Guiga translated ''La vie est un songe'', a play by the Spanish playwright Pedro Calderón de la Barca, into Tunisian Arabic. In 2017, Guiga directed the short film ''Astra'', which premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival as part of the Muhr Short Competition. It was produced by Nomadis, and its plot revolves around Dali, a man who looks after his daughter Douja, who has

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, and their adventure to Astra amusement park. ''Astra'' received the Bronze Tanit for fiction short film at the

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. Her short film ''Silencio'' was released in 2020 and examines social isolation. Guiga lives in Tunis.

Filmography

*2004: ''Nadia et Sarra'' (actress, as Dalila) *2004: ''Le Prince'' (actress, as Narjes) *2008: ''Thirty'' (actress, as Mathilde Bourguiba) *2014: ''A Capella'' (Short film, writer/director/actress) *2017: ''Astra'' (Short film, writer/director/actress) *2020: ''Silencio'' (Short film, director)

References

External links

Nidhal Guiga
at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Guiga, Nidhal 1975 births Living people 21st-century Tunisian women writers 21st-century Tunisian writers 21st-century Tunisian actresses Tunisian film actresses Tunisian stage actresses Tunisian women film directors Tunisian film directors Writers from Tunis