Gaya Jiji Explained

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Gaya Jiji (born 1979) is a Syrian filmmaker working in Paris. She is the director of My Favourite Fabric (2018).

Gaya Jiji was born in 1979 in Damascus, Syria. She earned a master's degree from Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis.^[1] She was awarded the Women in Motion Young Talent Award at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Her feature film debut was My Favourite Fabric (2018), an exploration of female sexuality and self-expression set in Damascus in 2011. Manal Issa plays Nahla, who is rejected by a potential husband in favor of her sister and seeks refuge in a brothel. The film competed in the Un certain regard section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. ^{[3] [4]}

She is working on a second feature film, The Stranger.

Filmography

• “The Haunted House” (15 mn, 2003)
• “The Father… too” (15 mn, 2009)
• Matin, midi, soir... et matin/“Morning, Noon, Evening… and Morning” (19 mn, 2011)
• Mon tissu préféré/My Favourite Fabric (2018)

Notes and References

1. Book: Book of Projects: 3RD EDITION OF THE RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL . 2023 . 95.
2. Web site: Keslassy . Elsa . 2016-06-01 . Q&A: Syria’s Gaya Jiji, Winner of Cannes/Kering’s Women in Motion Award, On Challenges Faced by Female Directors in Syria . 2024-08-09 . Variety . en-US.
3. Web site: Weissberg . Jay . 2018-05-18 . Cannes Film Review: ‘My Favorite Fabric’ . 2024-08-09 . Variety . en-US.
4. Web site: Keslassy . John Hopewell,Elsa . Hopewell . John . Keslassy . Elsa . 2014-05-27 . CANNES: Morocco’s La Prod, France’s Iliade Team For ‘My Favorite Fabric’ . 2024-08-09 . Variety . en-US.