Talal Selhami (born 11 March 1982), is a
Franco–
Moroccan filmmaker. He is best known as the director of the films ''Mirages'' (2010) and ''
Achoura
''Achoura'' is a 2018 horror film directed and co-written by Talal Selhami. An international co-production of Morocco and France, the film stars Younes Bouab, Sofiia Manousha, Iván González, Moussa Maaskri, and Omar Lofti. The film's plot foll ...
'' (2018), and an associate producer of the documentary film ''Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex'' (2015).
Personal life
he was born on 11 March 1982 in
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...
,
Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...
in France as the youngest son of the family. His father, Mohamed Selhami is a Moroccan journalist and founder of the newspaper Maroc Hebdo International. He completed a master's degree in arts and entertainment, specializing in production, at the
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Career
In 2005, he made his maiden short ''Sinistra''.
After the success of the short, he made the short ''Partir en smoke'' in 2007. In 2010, he made his first feature film, ''Mirages''. The film officially represented in
Marrakech International Film Festival
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in 2010 and the Tangier National Film Festival in 2011. The film later won two awards: For Best Image and Best Female Interpretation. At the
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (french: Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles, nl, Internationaal Festival van de Fantastische Fil ...
(BIFFF) in Brussels, 2011 she film received a Special Jury Prize.
In December 2018, he released his film ''
Achoura, La nuit des enfants'' as a Franco-Moroccan joint production.
The film was screened in fifteen festivals around the world: including, the Paris International Fantastic Film Festival, the international fantastic film festival in Brussels, the
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) in South Korea and the
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) in Neuchâtel. Later in 2019, Talal received the prize for the Best Production at the Tangier National Film Festival as well as the Jury Special Mention at the
Sitges Film Festival
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.
Meanwhile, the film also awarded the Best Film Award at the HARD:LINE International Film Festival in Germany.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
1982 births
Moroccan people by descent
French film directors
French film producers