Baya Medhaffar

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Baya Medhaffar at the Césars Dinner on January 11, 2016

Baya Medhaffar ( Arabic بايا مظفر, DMG Bāyā Muẓaffar ; * April 14, 1995 ) is a Tunisian film actress and singer . For the role of Farah in the film drama soon as I open my eyes of Leyla Bouzid was for "Best Actress" at the Festival international des jeunes réalisateurs of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Ibis d'Or for "Best Actress" at Festival du cinéma et musique de film de la Baule awarded.

Life

Medhaffar, daughter of artists, comes from Tunis and also lived in Paris . Already at the age of a very small child, the mother would have taken her to the cinema and sometimes explained the whole film to her, that is how the actress's love for the cinema began, Medhaffar once said in an interview. In 2010 she attended a Lycée pilote (note: secondary school) and then a Lycée français . She learned guitar and singing at the Django Reinhardt Music School and the oud lute playing at the Zyriab Music School in Tunis. During the filming of her acting debut in Barely Open My Eyes , she earned her Baccalauréat . Although she was interested in acting, she did a 2-year degree in License Arts du spectacle - Cinéma at the University of Paris VIII from 2014 to 2016 . In 2019 she was a jury member for the "Long Documentary Films" section at Gabes Cinema Fen Festival.

Create

Before she was cast by Bouzid for the role of Farah , Medhaffar had previously worked with a director on an unfinished film project. For the main role in the film I hardly open my eyes , she made her debut as a singer as well as acting. All songs in the film were played by the fictional band Joujma , for which Medhaffar was the lead singer with Farah . In addition to the awards for “Best Actress” at the Festival international des jeunes réalisateurs de Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Ibis d'Or at the Festival du cinéma et musique de film de la Baule, she was also honored as “Best Actress” at Receive Riviera International Film Festival. In 2018 she played the role of the nurse Fatima in the short film Craché Dehors by director Mathieu Lis.

Filmography

Discography

  • 2016: As I Open My Eyes / A Peine J'ouvre Les Yeux (Soundtrack) - Title: Asléma Ya Hméma - Beach Club Scene

Awards

  • 2015: Chistera for the “Best Actress” - As soon as I open my eyes - Festival international des jeunes réalisateurs de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
  • 2015: Ibis d'Or “Best Actress” - I barely open my eyes - together with Ghalia Benali Festival du cinéma et musique de film de la Baule
  • 2016: Special Mention “Best Interpretation” - As soon as I open my eyes - Festival Latin Arab de Buenos Aires
  • 2017: Jury Award “Best Actress” - As soon as I open my eyes - Riviera International Film Festival

Nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Author: Georgios Topaloglou Baya Medhaffar: 'It's because politics sucks that these people have this strength to express themselves' (en). - Varsity , February 15, 2017, accessed October 9, 2019
  2. ↑ Biography Baya Medhaffar (fr). - Africiné and further on Gabes Cinema Fen 2019: les 22 films en compétition (fr). - Jetset Magazin , May 2019 and further on License Arts du spectacle - Cinéma (fr). - University of Paris VIII , accessed October 9, 2019
  3. ↑ a b Author: Michel Decoux-Derycke Entretien: Baya Medhaffar - A peine j'ouvre les yeux (fr). - 6néma , January 2, 2016, accessed October 9, 2019
  4. ↑ Craché Dehors (fr). - Unifrance , accessed October 9, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Medhaffar, Baya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Medhaffer, Baya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tunisian film actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunisia