Tahani Rached
Tahani Rached | |
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| Born | May 16, 1947 |
| Nationality | Canadian-Egyptian |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1973-present |
Tahani Rached is a Canadian-Egyptian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her work Four Women of Egypt. She has directed more than 20 documentary films in her career.[1]
Life and career[edit]
Tahani Rached was born on May 16, 1947, in Cairo, Egypt. In 1966, she moved to Montreal to pursue painting. She was a student at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal where she studied painting for two years.[1] She became more involved with the community and thus, turned to filmmaking.[2]
She was hired as a staff filmmaker by Canada's National Film Board in 1981. Rached however, left the Film Board in 2004 to return to Egypt to make films. [3]
In 2023 she was named the recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier for her career achievements.[4]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Pour faire changement (To Make a Change) - 1973
- Where Dollars Grow on Trees (Les voleurs de job) - 1980
- La phonie furieuse - 1982
- Beyrouth! Not Enough Death to Go Round - 1983
- Haïti (Québec) - 1985
- Bam Pay A! Rends-moi mon pays - 1986
- Haïti, Nous là! Nou la! - 1987
- Au chic resto pop - 1990
- Doctors with Heart - 1993
- Emergency! A Critical Situation - 1999
- Four Women of Egypt - 1997
- For a Song - 2001
- Soraida, a Woman of Palestine - 2004
- These Girls - 2005
- Neighbors - 2007
References[edit]
- ^ a b Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774249433. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Hottell, Ruth; Pallister, Janis (2005). French-speaking women documentarians : a guide. New York: P.Lang. ISBN 9780820476148. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Jean Siag, "Québec dévoile les lauréats des Prix du Québec". La Presse, October 26, 2023.
External links[edit]
- Tahani Rached at the National Film Board of Canada
- Tahani Rached at Canadian Women Film Directors Database
- Tahani Rached at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Egyptian women film directors
- Egyptian film directors
- École des beaux-arts de Montréal alumni
- National Film Board of Canada people
- Egyptian diaspora in Canada
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- Prix Albert-Tessier winners