Biography
Ismahane Lahmar was born in Paris in 1982. After being raised by her grandparents in Tunisia, she went back to live in France with her parents. In 2009, after studying cinema at ESRA (école de réalisation audiovisuelle) in Paris, she obtained her Master in Directing at NYU (New York University). In 2010 she returned to Tunisia where she wrote and directed several documentaries, short films and the comedy WOH, a success at the box offices in Tunisia. Since the beginning of this year, Ismahane lives in Palestine where she is preparing her second feature film A Respectable Family with Palestinian cast and crew.
Filmography
2017 Breaking News / 2016 WOH / 2014 Rainbow / 2013 N’importe Quoi / 2012 Mon 14
