Discover the 5 members of the Jury of the Samira al-Khalil Prize 2023.
For this first edition dedicated to women filmmakers, Syrian director and activist Waad al-Kateab will chair the jury, along with Ali Cherri, Nadia Leila Aissaoui, Insaf Machta and Carol Mansour.
Nadia Leila Aissaoui is a sociologist specialised in feminist studies and a coach-trainer in self-care. She participates in partnership with the "Mediterranean Women’s Fund" in feminist and collective
Carol Mansour is an independent documentary filmmaker. She founded Forward Film Production in 2000. With over 30 years in documentary production, Mansour has covered the world from Sri Lanka to
Ali Cherri is a visual artist and film director. Combining film, video, sculpture and installation, his work explores the mechanisms of production of historical narratives. In 2022, he was the Artist
Insaf Machta is a French literature and Cinema Professor at the University of Tunis. She started writing about cinema in the 1990s in the magazine "CinEcrits", where she also was a member of the
Waad al-Kateab is a Syrian activist and award-winning filmmaker, whose debut feature film, For Sama, won a BAFTA for Best Documentary and received a nomination at the Academy Awards 2020. Waad, who