Haifaa Al Mansour

Réalisatrice, scénariste, monteuse et productrice saoudienne.

Haifaa Al-MANSOUR (هيفاء المنصور‎) est une réalisatrice, scénariste, monteuse et productrice.
Née en 1974, elle a étudié la littérature anglaise comparée à l'université américaine du Caire dont elle sort diplômée en 1997, avant de suivre des cours de cinéma en Australie où elle passe un Master à l'Université de Sydney qui lui décerne le "Prestigious Endeavour Scholarship Award".
Son 1er long métrage WADJDA (2012), est aussi le long métrage réalisé par une femme en Arabie Saoudite. Haifaa Al-MAnsour a été coproduite par le prince Al-Walid ben Talal (groupe Rotana) et Razor Film (Allemagne). Ce film a été sélectionné à la section Horizons du Festival de Venise 2012, en Première Mondiale.

Tout en tournant pour la télévision et Netflix, elle réalise en 2025 son 5è long métrage "Unidentified (L'inconnu)", un thriller dont l'action se passe en Arabie Saoudite.


Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
► Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
► www.instagram.com/haifaa.almansour/
► http://razor-film.de/wordpress/projekte/wadjda/
► https://redseafilmfest.com/en/rsiff_film/unidentified/
► www.imdb.com/name/nm2223783/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 04 Jan 2026


SHAHAD AMEEN | شهد أمين

Haifaa Al-MANSOUR (Arabic: هيفاء المنصور‎, born 1974) is a film director from Saudi Arabia. She is one of the country's best-known and most controversial directors, and the first female Saudi filmmaker.
She is the daughter of the poet Abdul Rahman Mansour, who introduced her to films by video, there being no movie theaters in Saudi Arabia.
With his encouragement, she studied comparative literature at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Haifaa Al Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia. The success of her short films in the Gulf and around the world has inspired a new movement of independent filmmaking in the Kingdom. Al Mansour is well known for penetrating the wall of silence surrounding the sequestered lives of Saudi women and providing a platform for their unheard voices. "My work is dedicated to fostering direct political, social and economic change for Arab women" (Dox Box 2009 FilmFest, Damascus - Syria.

Haifaa Al-MANSOUR (Arabic: هيفاء المنصور‎, born 1974) is a film director from Saudi Arabia. She is one of the country's best-known and most controversial directors, and the first female Saudi filmmaker.
She is the daughter of the poet Abdul Rahman Mansour, who introduced her to films by video, there being no movie theaters in Saudi Arabia.
With his encouragement, she studied comparative literature at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Haifaa Al Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia. The success of her short films in the Gulf and around the world has inspired a new movement of independent filmmaking in the Kingdom. Al Mansour is well known for penetrating the wall of silence surrounding the sequestered lives of Saudi women and providing a platform for their unheard voices. "My work is dedicated to fostering direct political, social and economic change for Arab women" (Dox Box 2009 FilmFest, Damascus - Syria.

Her first feature film "Wadjda" (2012), was selected in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival 2012 (World Premiere). It is the first full-length feature to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia. "Wadjda" tells the story of an 11-year old girl growing up in the suburbs of Riyadh, who dreams of owning and riding a green bicycle.

Haifaa Al-Mansour is the first female filmmaker from Saudi Arabia and a prominent cinematic figure, influencing and inspiring a new wave of Saudi filmmakers. Her acclaimed 2012 film "Wadjda" received numerous awards from festivals around the world, including the audience award at Los Angeles Film Festival, and was nominated for a Bafta for best foreign language film. While also directing episodes for television, in 2025 she released her fifth film titled "Unidentified" - a mystery-thriller set in Saudi Arabia.


FILMOGRAPHY
Who? - من؟
The Bitter Journey - الرحيل المر
The Only Way Out - أنا والآخر
Women Without Shadows - نساء بلا الظل
Wadjda

Source: Africiné / Dox-Box 2010 / Venice Film Festival 2012 / Wikipedia
www.dox-box.org/site/index.php?page=show&ex=2&dir=docs&ex=2&ser=1&lang=2&cat=155
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifaa_al-Mansour

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Haifaa Al Mansour ist die erste weibliche Filmemacherin Saudi-Arabiens.
An der Amerikanischen Universität Cairo hat sie vergleichende Literatur studiert und ein Masterstudium in Film an der Universität Sydney mit dem „Prestigious Endeavour Scholarship Award"abgeschlossen.
Wadjda ist ihr erster Spielfilm und der erste in Saudi-Arabien gedrehte Spielfilm überhaupt. Das Drehbuch wurde im Rawi Sundance entwickelt und mit dem Shasha Grant des Abu Dhabi Film Festival ausgezeichnet.

Filmographie

Kurzfilme
Who? (2003)
Bereavement of the Fledgling (2003)
The only way out (2004)

Dokumentarfilm
Women Without Shadows (2005)

Spielfilm
Wadjda (2012)



Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
► Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
► www.instagram.com/haifaa.almansour/
► http://razor-film.de/wordpress/projekte/wadjda/
► https://redseafilmfest.com/en/rsiff_film/unidentified/
► www.imdb.com/name/nm2223783/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 04 Jan 2026