Selma Baccar

Selma Baccar or Salma Baccar (born December 15, 1945) is a Tunisian filmmaker, producer and politician. She is considered the first woman to make a featured length film in Tunis. Baccar is known for creating manifestos through her films, centered around women's rights in Tunisia. She then became a member of the Tunisian Federation of Amateur Filmmakers (Fédération Tunisienne des Cinéastes Amateurs, FTCA), where she worked as an assistant director for a Tunisian television series. This was the first full-length feature film directed by a woman and characterised as "a feminist essay film about women's roles in Tunisia." The film uses a didactic style film that addresses feminism in Tunisia

Baccar's activism for Tunisian women's rights led her to an active political career and she became a member of the Al Massar political party. In 2014, she was promoted from vice-president to president of the parliamentary group of Democrats in Tunisia, "the first and only woman to chair a parliamentary bloc."

Filmography Feature films 1976: Fatma 75 1994: Habiba M’sika/La Danse du feu/The Dance of Fire 2006: Knochkhach/La Fleur de l'oubli/The Flower of Oblivion 2017: El Jaida

Other Films 1966: L'Eveil (Director, short film) 1985: De la toison au fil d'or/The Golden Fleece (director, short film) 1989: Moon Child (Producer, short film) 1979 - Fatma 75 (1976) won the Gold medal at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.

Honours 2014 : Knight of the National Order of Merit of Tunisia 2015 : Officer of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia