Nejib Belkadhi

Tunisian actor, film director and film producer

Nejib Belkadhi
Belkadhi in February 2015.
نجيب بلقاضي
Born	13 May 1972 Tunis, Tunisia
Nationality	Tunisian
Occupation	Actor, director

Nejib Belkadhi (Arabic: نجيب بلقاضي; born May 13, 1976, in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian actor and director.^[1]^[2]

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 Selma 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: The Fire Dance by Selma Baccar: As Mimouni
2000: The Season of Men by Moufida Tlatli : Samy
2000: Tomorrow I burn by Mohammed Ben Ismaïl : Elyes
2002: The Magic Box by Ridha Béhi
2003: Bedwin Hacker by Nadia El Fani
2015: Ghasra (Short film) by Jamil Najjar
2017: When the sky starts To Scream by Kais Méjri : Samy
2017: Astra by Nidhal Guiga
2017: The Candy by Abdelhamid Bouchnak
2017: Bolbol by Khadija Lamkacher
2018: look at Me by Nejib Belkadhi
2018: Black Mamba by Amel Gellaty
2018: The Watermelon of The Sheikh by Kaouther Ben Hania

Television

1996 – 1997: El Khottab Al Bab (The Suitors are on the Door) by Slaheddine Essid
1998: Il tesoro di Damasco (The Treasure of Damas) by José María Sánchez as Sameer
2004: Loutil (The Hostel) by Slaheddine Essid
2008: Weld Ettalyena (The Son of the Italian) by Nejib Belkadhi
2015: Lilet Chak (The Doubt Night) by Majdi Smiri As Yahiya Ben Abdullah
2016: The President by Jamil Najjar As Louay Said
2018: Tej El Hadhra by Sami Fehri As General Osman
2019: The Affair 460 by Majdi Smiri As Malek Ben Jaafar
2021+2022: 13 Garibaldi Avenue by Amin Chiboub

Theater

1995: The Women's School by Mohamed Kouka

Director

Cinema

2005: Tsawer (Pictures) (Short film)
2006: VHS Kahloucha (Documentary)
2013: Bastardo (English) (Feature film)
2014: Seven and a Half (Documentary)
2018: look at Me (film, 2018) (Feature film)

Television

1999–2001: Chams Alik on Canal Horizons+
2002: Dima Labes on Canal 21
2008: Weld Ettalyena (Son of The Italian) (TV-Serial)
2020: The Host and The Tramp (Web-Serial)

TV shows

2013: Klem Ennas (People's Talk) of Lobna Noaman on El Hiwar El Tounsi : Guest of Episode 3 of Season 2
2014: Maghreb Orient Express [fr] : Nejib Belkadhi : "Bastardo is long awaited in Beyrouth" on TV5 Monde : Guest
2021: Fekret Sami Fehri of Hedy Zaiem on El Hiwar El Tounsi : Guest of Episode 9 of Season 3 Part 4

Producer

2006: The Tarzan of the Arabs (Feature Documentary)
2017: When The Sun Starts To Cry of Kais Mejri

Honours

2007: Knight of the Tunisian Order of Merit

References

^ "Nejib Belkadhi". tunisia-live.net (in French). Retrieved April 11, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Cinéma – Nejib BelkadhiL "'Regarde-moi' est avant tout une ode à la différence"". LE Point Alfrique. December 6, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "PARK CITY '07 INTERVIEW, Nejib Belkadhi". indiewire.com. Retrieved April 11, 2020.