Majd Mastoura

Majd Mastoura
Born Menzel Abderrahmane, Tunisia
Nationality Tunisian
Occupation Actor
Years active 2014-present
Awards Silver Bear for Best Actor 2016

Majd Mastoura is a Tunisian film actor. At the 66th Berlin International Film Festival he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for his role in the film Hedi.[1][2][3]

Early life and career

Majd Mastoura was born in Menzel Abderrahmene, Bizert, to a military officer father and a classical Arabic teacher mother. Since a young age Mastoura was exposed to theatre, literature and politics. He is an avid reader of literary works. Khalil Gibran and Naghib Mahfouz are among his favourites. Majd also writes in Tunisian Arabic (derja) as a way to show support to his compatriots. In the beginning he kept his writings to himself then he started submitting them to writing competitions in 2009.[4]

In 2012, he started the first spoken word event in his country which he dubbed "Street Word". He worked on these events with his close friend Amine Gharbi. these events carried on until 2014 which marked the last version of "Street Word".[4]

In 2013, Majd was given his first role in Bidoun 2 which was his first feature movie.[5]

In 2015, Majd auditioned for the role of Hedi which he landed and was eventually awarded the Silver bear in the 66th Berlinale.[6]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Berlin: 'Fire at Sea' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". Variety. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Berlin film festival: Fire at Sea wins Golden Bear". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 "For the martyrs: Actor uses prize to salute Tunisian revolution". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  5. ↑ http://www.thearabweekly.com/, The Arab Weekly. "Tunisian Majd Mastoura named Best Arab Actor at Cannes Film Festival". The Arab Weekly. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Berlin Film Festival: The Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ↑ AfricineORG Dakar (13 May 2015), Trailer HD Bidoun 2 - بيدون 2, retrieved 21 February 2016


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