{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Short description|French film director}} {{Infobox person | name = Talal Selhami | image = Talal.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|3|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hauts-de-Seine, France | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne | years_active = 2005–present | occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter }}
'''Talal Selhami''' ({{Langx|ar|طلال السلهامي}}; born 11 March 1982) is a French-Moroccan filmmaker.<ref>https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/10/284628/moroccan-horror-film-achoura</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmstarts.de/personen/448787.html| title=Talal Selhami: Regisseur, Produzent, Adaptiert von | publisher=allocine | access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> He is best known as the director of the films ''Mirages'' (2010) and ''Achoura'' (2018), and an associate producer of the documentary film ''Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex'' (2015).<ref name= sitges>{{cite web | url=https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng/fitxa_director?id=100301| title=Talal Selhami | publisher=sitgesfilmfestival | access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== Selhami was born on 11 March 1982 in Neuilly-sur-Seine as the youngest son of the family. His father Mohamed is a Moroccan journalist and founder of the newspaper Maroc Hebdo International. He completed a master's degree in arts and entertainment, specializing in production, at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.<ref name= bifff>{{cite web| url=https://www.bifff.net/talal-selhami/| title=Talal Selhami – ACHOURA| publisher=BIFFF| access-date=8 November 2020| archive-date=30 November 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130091955/https://www.bifff.net/talal-selhami/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== In 2005, Selhami made his maiden short ''Sinistra''.<ref name= bifff /> After the success of the short, he made the short ''Partir en smoke'' in 2007. In 2010, he made his first feature film, ''Mirages''. The film officially represented in Marrakech International Film Festival in 2010 and the Tangier National Film Festival in 2011. The film later won two awards: For Best Image and Best Female Interpretation. At the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) in Brussels, 2011 she film received a Special Jury Prize.
Selhami directed and co-wrote the Moroccan-French horror-fantasy film ''Achoura'' (2018).<ref>https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/10/284628/moroccan-horror-film-achoura</ref><ref>https://al3omk.com/785613.html#:~:text=ويعد%20عاشوراء%20أول%20فيلم%20مغربي,وعمر%20لطفي،%20وإنتاج%20لمياء%20الشرايبي.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lesecransterribles.com/achoura-interview-talal-selhami/50159| title=Talal Selhami: "I really pushed the cursor to the end by forbidding myself any form of exoticism" | publisher=lesecransterribles | access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> The film was screened in fifteen festivals around the world: including, the Paris International Fantastic Film Festival, the international fantastic film festival in Brussels, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) in South Korea and the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) in Neuchâtel. Later in 2019, Selhami received the prize for the Best Production at the Tangier National Film Festival as well as the Jury Special Mention at the Sitges Film Festival.<ref name= sitges /> Meanwhile, the film also awarded the Best Film Award at the HARD:LINE International Film Festival in Germany.<ref name= bifff />
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Genre !! Ref. |- | 2005 || ''Sinistra'' || Director || Short film || |- | 2007 || ''Partir en smoke'' || Director || Short film || |- | 2010 || ''Mirages'' || Director, associate producer, writer || Film || |- | 2015 || ''Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex'' || Associate producer || Documentary || |- | 2018 || ''Achoura'' || Director, producer, writer || Film || |- | 2020 || ''Tell Me Why'' || Artist || Video game || |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm2317858}}
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