Tala Hadid
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Tala Hadid is trained as a painter
.
Hadid was born to a Moroccan
mother and an Iraqi
father. Her paternal grandfather, a Marxist economist, was imprisoned under Saddam Hussein
.
She co-produced and directed her first full length film while she was studying as an undergraduate at Brown University
. The film, Sacred Poet
, focuses the lens on the Italian poet and dissident Pier Paolo Pasolini
with rare interviews with Laura Betti
, Bernardo Bertolucci
, Sergio Cittihttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162952/ and Ninetto Davolihttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205793/.
She went on to work with legendary French editor Joëlle Hachehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352325/ and worked with Academy Award winning British director Michael Radford
. The author of several short films, in 2000, while she was working on a project on the Macedonian Roma community in Naples
, Italy, she was awarded a fellowship to study film at the graduate film department at Columbia University
in New York
.
In 2001, she directed Windsleepers, a film set in St Petersburg, Russia, with poets Genya Turovskaya
http://www.octopusmagazine.com/issue05/essays/matvei_yankelevich.htm and Vladimir Kucheriavkinhttp://www.panrus.com/books/details.php?langID=1&bookID=9325.
In 2005, Hadid completed her thesis film, Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan
. The film, shot in Northern Morocco
and in the Rif Mountains, was awarded the 2005 Cinecolor/Kodak Prize and in June 2005 received a Student Academy Award. It has screened at numerous Film Festivals around the world, including the New York Film Festival
at the Lincoln Center, the Sundance Film Festival
, the Rotterdam Film Festival (where it was nominated for a Tiger Award), the Fajr Film Festival in Tehran, the Kiev International Film Festivalhttp://www.molodist.com/go.php/Molodist/, the Sydney Film Festival
, the International Film Festival Oberhausen and L’Institut du Monde Arabehttp://www.imarabe.org/ in Paris. The film went on to win numerous awards including the Global Lens Prize, A BAFTA special mention and a Special Jury Prize and best Actress Award at the Tangiers International Film Festivalhttp://www.lemaroc.org/musique/article_4276_4e%20festival%20m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9en%20de%20Tanger:%20Le%20Palmar%C3%A8s%20de%20toutes%20les%20Surprises.In February 2006 the film won the Panorama Best short Film Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Hadid’s work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art
(MOMA)in New York City, the National Museum of Women in the Arts
in Washington D.C, L'Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the Goteberg Kunsthalle in Sweden, the Seville Biennale in Spain, the Jonathon Schorr Gallery NYC, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, as well as the Photographer's Galleryhttp://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?latest in London and the Cinémathèque de Tanger http://www.cinemathequedetanger.com/partenaire_fr.html.
Hadid was a fellow at the Sundance Film Institute writers' and directors' lab 2009.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
.
Hadid was born to a Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
mother and an Iraqi
Iraqi people
The Iraqi people or Mesopotamian people are natives or inhabitants of the country of Iraq, known since antiquity as Mesopotamia , with a large diaspora throughout the Arab World, Europe, the Americas, and...
father. Her paternal grandfather, a Marxist economist, was imprisoned under Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
.
She co-produced and directed her first full length film while she was studying as an undergraduate at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. The film, Sacred Poet
Sacred Poet
Sacred Poet is a feature length documentary film on Italian poet, filmmaker and intellectual, Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film explores, through a series of dialogues and reminiscences, the work of this controversial Italian cultural figure and focuses on his relationship to power and to the state in...
, focuses the lens on the Italian poet and dissident Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
with rare interviews with Laura Betti
Laura Betti
Laura Betti was an Italian actress.Born Laura Trombetti in Bologna, this blonde and flamboyant actress started her career as jazz singer. Betti made her film debut in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita. In 1963 she became a close friend of the poet and movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, for whom...
, Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers...
, Sergio Cittihttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162952/ and Ninetto Davolihttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205793/.
She went on to work with legendary French editor Joëlle Hachehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352325/ and worked with Academy Award winning British director Michael Radford
Michael Radford
Michael Radford is an English film director and screenwriter.-Early life and career:Radford was born on 24 February 1946, in New Delhi, India, to a British father and an Austrian Jewish mother. He was educated at Bedford School before attending Worcester College, Oxford...
. The author of several short films, in 2000, while she was working on a project on the Macedonian Roma community in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, Italy, she was awarded a fellowship to study film at the graduate film department at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
In 2001, she directed Windsleepers, a film set in St Petersburg, Russia, with poets Genya Turovskaya
Genya Turovskaya
Genya Turovskaya is an American poet, born in Ukraine. Her work has been published in many journals and literary reviews. She received various awards and fellowships, such as a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, a Montana Artist Refuge Fellowship, the Witter Bynner Translation Residency at Santa Fe Art...
http://www.octopusmagazine.com/issue05/essays/matvei_yankelevich.htm and Vladimir Kucheriavkinhttp://www.panrus.com/books/details.php?langID=1&bookID=9325.
In 2005, Hadid completed her thesis film, Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan
Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan
Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan is a 2006 short 35mm film made in Northern Morocco with non-professional actors. The winner of an award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the Panorama Best short film Award at the Berlin Film Festival 2006....
. The film, shot in Northern Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
and in the Rif Mountains, was awarded the 2005 Cinecolor/Kodak Prize and in June 2005 received a Student Academy Award. It has screened at numerous Film Festivals around the world, including the New York Film Festival
New York Film Festival
The New York Film Festival has been a major film festival since it began in 1963 in New York. The films are selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center...
at the Lincoln Center, the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
, the Rotterdam Film Festival (where it was nominated for a Tiger Award), the Fajr Film Festival in Tehran, the Kiev International Film Festivalhttp://www.molodist.com/go.php/Molodist/, the Sydney Film Festival
Sydney Film Festival
The Sydney Film Festival is an annual film festival held in the Australian city of Sydney and is held over 12 days in June. The competitive film festival draws international and local attention, with films being showcased in several venues across the city centre and includes features,...
, the International Film Festival Oberhausen and L’Institut du Monde Arabehttp://www.imarabe.org/ in Paris. The film went on to win numerous awards including the Global Lens Prize, A BAFTA special mention and a Special Jury Prize and best Actress Award at the Tangiers International Film Festivalhttp://www.lemaroc.org/musique/article_4276_4e%20festival%20m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9en%20de%20Tanger:%20Le%20Palmar%C3%A8s%20de%20toutes%20les%20Surprises.In February 2006 the film won the Panorama Best short Film Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Hadid’s work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
(MOMA)in New York City, the National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts , located in Washington, D.C. is the only museum solely dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements in the visual, performing, and literary arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay...
in Washington D.C, L'Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the Goteberg Kunsthalle in Sweden, the Seville Biennale in Spain, the Jonathon Schorr Gallery NYC, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, as well as the Photographer's Galleryhttp://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?latest in London and the Cinémathèque de Tanger http://www.cinemathequedetanger.com/partenaire_fr.html.
Hadid was a fellow at the Sundance Film Institute writers' and directors' lab 2009.