Anissa Daoud

Anissa Daoud (Arabic: أنيسة داود‎) is a Franco-Tunisian actress, author and producer. Living between Paris and Tunis, she is part of the art collective Artists Producers Associates (APA).

Career

Anissa Daoud grew up in Tunisia, of Tunisian parents. Self-taught, her acting career started in cinema with leading roles in She and He (Elle et Lui) by Elyes Baccar, Thalathun by Fadhel Jaziri, The Long Night by Syrian director Hatem Ali or La Tendresse Du Loup by Jilani Saadi, for which she has received many awards. At the Theatre, she took part, as an actress and staging assistant, in the productions of director Mohamed Guellati in France, Africa or Palestine (the Freedom Theatre in Jenin) for several years. She also worked under the direction of Franco-Comoran choreographer fr:Karry Kamal Karry. In 2010, she got back to her Italian roots in Naples interpreting, in Italian, the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet directed by Alexander Zeldin for the Napoli Teatro Festival. Since 2009, Anissa has joined director Lotfi Achour as co-playwright and actress on the musical and theatrical shows Hobb Story, Sex in The Arab City and Macbeth: Leila and Ben has Bloody History, created for the 2012 London Olympics. Together they founded the APA : Artists Producers Associated, and through it, she has been producing various shows and movies, some of which were in official competitions at top festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Dubai, Cannes or the Venice Film Festival. More recently she has played the female lead role in Jeunesse Tunsienne- Tunisian Spring by Raja Amari and produced by Arte, winning the Best Actress Award In Durban International Film Festival - South Africa, and in Les Frontières du Ciel by Fares Naanaa for which she has also received the Best Actress award at the Rencontre des Réalisateurs Tunisiens.[1]

In 2016 she is one of main characters, the co-writer and co-producer of the first feature of Lotfi Achour "Demain dès l'Aube".

Filmography

Features
  • 2004 : Elle et lui d'Elyès Baccar
  • 2004 : Noce d'été de Mokhtar Ladjimi
  • 2006 : Tendresse du loup de Jilani Saadi
  • 2007 : Thalathoun de Fadhel Jaziri
  • 2009 : Al-Layl al-Taweel (The long night) de Hatem Ali
  • 2014 : Printemps tunisien de Raja Amari
  • 2015 : Les Frontières du ciel de Fares Naanaa [2]
  • 2016 : Demain dès l'aube de Lotfi Achour[3]

Short movies
  • 1999 : Tunis... fille du siècle de Taïeb Jellouli[4]
  • 2010 : L’Album by Shiraz Fradi
  • 2010 : Tiraillement by Najwa Slama Limam
  • 2014 : Laisse-moi finir by Doria Achour
  • 2014 : Père by Lotfi Achour
  • 2016 : Le Reste est l'œuvre de l'homme by Doria Achour

Television
  • 2008 : Toi-même tu sais by John Gabriel Biggs
  • 2008 : Villa Jasmin by Ferid Boughedir

Documentaries
  • 2008 : Hé ! N'oublie pas le cumin de Hala Abdalla Yacoub
  • 2013 : Artistes en Tunisie de Serge Moati
  • 2014 : 7 vies de Lilia Blaise et Amine Boufaied

Theatre
De droite à gauche : Anissa Daoud, Jawhar Basti et une représentante de la Royal Shakespeare Company
  • 2001Pied de guerre : by Mohamed Guellati
  • 2001Petite fleur : by Mohamed Guellati
  • 2003Rahmen : by Elyès Baccar , chorégraphy of Karry Kamal Karry
  • 2006Y'en a plus bon ! : by Mohamed Guellati
  • 2006 Vous avez de si jolis moutons, pourquoi vous ne parlez pas des moutons ? : by Mohamed Guellati
  • 2007 Nakba, en marchant j'ai vu : by Mohamed Guellati and Juliano Mer-Khamis
  • 2009Hobb Story - Sex in the (Arab) city : by Lotfi Achour (acting and cowrighting)
  • 2010Roméo et Juliette of William Shakespeare : by d'Alexander Zeldin
  • 2012Leila and Ben - A Bloody History : by Lotfi Achour (acting and cowrighting avec Lotfi Achour and Jaouhar Basti)
  • 2014 Je suis encore en vie : by Jacques Allaire

Distinctions and awards
  • Best Actrice Award at the Festival international du film de Durban for her role in Printemps tunisien
  • Best Feminine Interpretation Award at the Festival du cinéma africain de Tarifa for her role in Tendresse du loup
  • Best Feminine Interpretation Award at the Festival international du film d’Alexandrie for her role in Tendresse du loup
  • Best Feminine Interpretation Award at the Festival international du film de Mascate for her role in Tendresse du loup
  • Best Feminine Interpretation Award at the Rencontre des réalisateurs tunisiens for her role in Les Frontières du ciel

References
  1. http://www.anissa-daoud.com/
  2. https://dubaifilmfest.com/en/films/41666/borders_of_heaven.html
  3. http://www.sanadfilmfund.com/en/projects/2015/post-production-narrative/burning-hope
  4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/talk/movies/taiebjallouli.htm
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