Lina Chaabane

Lina CHAABANE MENZLI a étudié les langues vivantes appliquées aux études internationales à Londres (Université de South Bank). Elle travaille activement dans le domaine du cinéma en Tunisie depuis 1992 en tant qu’assistante de production, régisseur général, directrice de production et productrice exécutive sur de nombreux courts et longs-métrages. Elle a notamment été productrice exécutive sur les films Satin Rouge (2000) et Les Secrets (DOWAHA) de Raja Amari (2009), au sein de Nomadis Images (La Marsa, Tunisie). Elle a pris part à l’organisation des Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage depuis 1992 et fait partie du Comité Directeur depuis 2008.

Lina CHAABANE MENZLI is a producer at Nomadis Images – Tunisia. Holder of a degree in Modern Languages with International Studies from London, she is an active partaker in the field of cinema production and management in Tunisia since 1992. Her most prominent works as executive producer include Satin Rouge (2000) and Buried Secrets (DOWAHA) by Raja Amari (2009).

In addition to being one of the organizers of the Sud Ecriture screenwriting workshops since 1997 as well as the Producers’ training programme Beyond Borders, Lina Chaabane Menzli co-animated a training workshop for young Algerian film-makers entitled « Writing Short Films » in 2006. Her other domains of expertise include translation, as she has translated many scripts and subtitles for Tunisian and foreign films (French to English and vice versa).

Since 1992, Lina Chaabane Menzli has been part of the organising committee of the Carthage Film Festival and was named in the managing committee of the festival in 2008 and in 2010.