Gaya Jiji
Gaya Jiji (born 1979) is a Syrian filmmaker working in Paris. She is the director of My Favourite Fabric (2018). She earned a master's degree from Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis.
Gaya Jiji
- Born
- 1979 · Damascus.
- Nationality
- Syria
- Occupation
- screenwriter · director
- Education
- Paris 8 University
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She was awarded the Women in Motion Young Talent Award at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Her feature film debut was My Favourite Fabric (2018), an exploration of female sexuality and self-expression set in Damascus in 2011. Manal Issa plays Nahla, who is rejected by a potential husband in favor of her sister and seeks refuge in a brothel. The film competed in the Un certain regard section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. She is working on a second feature film, The Stranger.
• “The Haunted House” (15 mn, 2003) • “The Father… too” (15 mn, 2009) • Matin, midi, soir... et matin/“Morning, Noon, Evening… and Morning” (19 mn, 2011) • Mon tissu préféré/My Favourite Fabric (2018) " L'étrangère ", Pieces of a foreign life (2025)
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Gaya Jiji (born 1979) is described as a director, screenwriter and actress in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Gaya Jiji was born in 1979 in Damaskus.
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- 1.Book of Projects: 3RD EDITION OF THE RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. 95. 2023.
- 2.Keslassy, Elsa. Q&A: Syria's Gaya Jiji, Winner of Cannes/Kering's Women in Motion Award, On Challenges Faced by Female Directors in Syria. Variety. 2016-06-01.
- 3.Weissberg, Jay. Cannes Film Review: 'My Favorite Fabric'. Variety. 2018-05-18.
- 4.Keslassy, John Hopewell, Elsa. CANNES: Morocco's La Prod, France's Iliade Team For 'My Favorite Fabric'. Variety. 2014-05-27.
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