Walid Tayaa (born 12 July 1976) is a Tunisian film director.

Career

He studied sociology and then started to make films. He directed a few amateur short films, before realizing his first professional short film ''Madame Bahja'' in 2006, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Afterwards, he participated in writing workshops with the French film director Ève Deboise and released more short films. His short film '' El Icha'' won the Grand Prize at the Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan. The short film ''Boulitik'' in 2011 depicted different moments of the Tunisian Revolution and deals with LGBT rights in Tunisia. He was one of the few people who supported the foundation of the LGBT organisation Association Shams in 2015 in public. In 2013 he shot a documentary about the Tunisian feminist

Dorra Bouzid Dorra Bouzid ( ar, درة بوزيد; 1933 – 24 September 2023) was a Tunisian journalist, art critic, and feminist. Life Dorra Bouzid was born in Sfax in 1933. After her father died, her mother Cherifa defied family expectation by moving to Na ...

. ''Fataria'' in 2017 was his first feature film.

Filmography

* 2006: Madame Bahja * 2009: El Icha (''Vivre'') * 2010: Ena el Issaoui * 2010: Prestige * 2011: Boulitik * 2012: Journal d'un citoyen ordinnaire * 2013: Dora Bouzid, première journaliste tunisienne, une femme un combat * 2014: El Kef * 2015: Café Sidi amara Halfaouine * 2016: Embouteillage * 2017: Fataria

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tayaa, Walid 1976 births Tunisian film directors Living people People from Tunis