Narjiss Nejjar

Narjiss Nejjar (born 1971) is a Moroccan filmmaker and screenwriter. Her film Les Yeux Secs (Cry No More)^[a] was screened at Cannes in 2003.^[1]

Narjiss Nejjar
Born	1971 Tangiers, Morocco
Nationality	Moroccan
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter
Notable work	Wake Up Morocco

Early life and career

Nejjar was a student at ESRA in Paris, where she studied filmmaking.^[2]

In 1994, she directed her first documentary L’exigence de la Dignite.^[3] She has worked on documentaries as well as fiction films; her best known feature film, Les Yeux Secs initially started as a documentary about the women of Tizi but the women declined to be filmed.^[4] The film was screened at the 2003 Cannes film festival and the 4th International Festival of Rabat Film where she received the grand prize.^[3]

She is also the author of the novel Cahier d'empreintes; released in 1999.^[2]

Nejjar is the daughter to the novelist Noufissa Sbai; Sbai was the producer on Les Yeux Secs.

Selected filmography

• L’exigence de la Dignite (1994)
• Khaddouj, Memoire de Targha (1996)
• Les Salines (1998)
• Le septième ciel (2001)
• Le miroir du fou (2002)
• Les yeux secs (Cry No More, 2003)
• Wake Up Morocco (2006)
• Terminus des anges (2010)
• L'amante du rif (2011)

See also

• Cinema of Morocco
• Doha Moustaquim

Notes

1. Sometimes translated as Dry Eyes.