Nejib Belkadhi

Nejib Belkadhi (Arabic: نجيب بلقاضي‎; born May 13, 1972 in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian actor and director.[1][2]

Nejib Belkadhi
Nejib Belkadhi, February 2015.
نجيب بلقاضي
Born13 May 1972  (age 48)
Tunis, Tunisia
NationalityTunisian
OccupationActor, Director

Education

He studied marketing and management at the Carthage High Commercial Studies Institute in Carthage, before he started a career in arts.[3]

Career

Nejib had his first acting role in Hbiba Msika (Dancer of the Flame), a film by Salma Baccar, in 1995. He then starred in Mohamed Kouka’s play Madrasat Nisaa(مدرسة النساء / The Women's School), however, Nejib's best success was in the series El Khottab Al Bab(الخطاب عالباب /Many Fiancees) appearing in both volumes 1 and 2 (1996-1998) for the director Slaheddine Essid.

Nejib Belkadhi began his career in directing during 1998 on the TV network Canal+ Horizons, covering the Carthage Film Festival, before creating the network's most successful TV show: Chams Alik (شمس عليك ), whose concept revolutionized the Tunisian TV scene. He conceived, produced and co-presented the show from 1999 to 2001.

In 2002, he founded Propaganda Productions, with his friend Imed Marzouk, and in 2003 he directed and produced a socio-critical fake reality show called Dima Lebess (ديما لا باس /Always fine), which was broadcast on the Canal21 TV channel.

He directed his first movie in 2005, a short film called Tsawer (تصاور/Pic), with a screenplay of Souad Ben Slimane.

VHS Kahloucha (2006), his first feature documentary film, was screened to great acclaim at international film festivals, including Cannes (2006), Philadelphia (2007), Sundance l (2007) and Dubai (2007), and it was his most successful work to date.[3]

His last movie, Bastardo, was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013.[2]

Filmography

Actor

Cinema
  • 1994 : La Danse du feu by Salma Baccar: As Mimouni
  • 2000 : The Season of Men by Moufida Tlatli
  • 2000 : Demain, je brûle by Mohammed Ben Ismaïl
  • 2002 : La Boîte magique by Ridha Béhi
  • 2003 : Bedwin Hacker by Nadia El Fani
  • 2015 : Ghasra (Short film) by Jamil Najjar
  • 2017 : Whhen the sky starts To Scream by Kais Méjri
  • 2017 : Astra by Nidhal Guiga
  • 2018 : Regarde-moi by Nejib Belkadhi

Television
  • 1996-1997 : El Khottab Al Bab by Slaheddine Essid
  • 1998 : Il tesoro di Damasco by José María Sánchez
  • 2004 : Loutil by Slaheddine Essid
  • 2008 : Weld Ettalyena by Nejib Belkadhi
  • 2015 : Lilet Chak by Majdi Smiri
  • 2016 : Le Président by Jamil Najjar
  • 2018 : Tej El Hadhra by Sami Fehri : As Général Osman
  • 2019 : L'Affaire 460 by Majdi Smiri

Director

Cinema
  • 2005: Tsawer (Short film)
  • 2006: VHS Kahloucha (Documentary)
  • 2013: Bastardo (English) (Feature film)
  • 2014: Sept et demi (Documentary)
  • 2018: Regarde-moi (Feature film)

Television
  • 1999-2001: Chams Alik
  • 2002: Dima Labess
  • 2008: Weld Ettalyena
  • 2020: L'Animatrice et le clochard

Honours
  • 2007: Knight of the Tunisian Order of Merit[4]

References
  1. "Nejib Belkadhi". tunisia-live.net (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. "Cinéma - Nejib Belkadhi : « "Regarde-moi" est avant tout une ode à la différence »". LE Point Alfrique. December 6, 2018.
  3. "PARK CITY '07 INTERVIEW, Nejib Belkadhi". indiewire.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. "Decrees and orders" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia (in French) (51): 2223. 26 June 2007. ISSN 0330-7921. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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