Tariq Teguia

Director
producer
screenwriter

Notable workGabbla

Tariq Teguia (born 1966) is an Algerian film director, screenwriter and producer.

He studied visual arts and philosophy in Paris. He was an arts history teacher and a photographer, before filming some well-regarded shorts in the 1990s^[1] and a 2003 documentary short.

His 2006 feature film debut, Rome wa la n-toura (Rome Rather Than You), won the Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Fribourg International Film Festival.^[2] Variety magazine critic Robert Koehler praised "Tariq Teguia’s highly accomplished debut ... Although the final moments are foreseeable, both the getting there and the immediate aftermath show Teguia to be a director of major promise".^[3] Eric Henderson dissented, writing in Slant Magazine that the film was "arrogantly conceived, pretentiously executed, and petulantly protracted".^[4]

Teguia's next film, Gabbla (2008), was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival^[5] and the Daum Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Jeonju International Film Festival.^[6] The 2013 Entrevues Belfort film festival Grand Jury Prize went to his Thwara Zanj (Zanj Revolution) (2013).^[7]

Filmography

Haçla (2003 documentary short; director, screenwriter, producer)
Roma wa la n'toura (Rome Rather Than You) (2006; director, screenwriter, producer)
Gabbla (Inland) (2008; director, screenwriter, producer)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013 documentary)
Thwara Zanj (Zanj Revolution) (2013; director, screenwriter)

References

^ "Tariq Teguia". Film Study Center, Harvard University.
^ "Friborg: Success of the 21st Friborg International Film Festival". www.cath.ch.
^ Robert Roehler (21 March 2007). "Rome Rather Than You". Variety.
^ Eric Henderson (13 March 2007). "Review: Rome Rather Than You". Slant Magazine.
^ "65th Venice International Film Festival". International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).
^ Matthew Love. "A Whole Host of Winners at JIFF 2009". The Seoul Times.
^ "The Zanj Revolution (Revolution Zendj). 2013. Directed by Tariq Teguia". Museum of Modern Art.