2016 Edition

Nadia Ben Rachid

Nadia Ben Rachid

Film Editor

Tunisia


A Franco-Tunisian film editor, she currently has over thirty years of experience with two decades working with filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako. Ben Rachid won Best Editing at the 2015 César for Sissako's TIMBUKTU.
Ben Rachid started her editing career working with 35mm film only to edit such acclaimed films as WAITING FOR HAPPINESS, BAMAKO and LIFE ON EARTH. She has also edited numerous documentaries by Anne Aghion films including the Emmy winner IN RWANDA WE SAY and the Cannes Official Selection MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER. In 2015, she was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, organizer of the Oscars.