Maissa Lihedheb
Directing
Biography
Maissa Lihedheb (born 1993) is a filmmaker and film curator. She focuses on portraying marginalized groups and giving a voice to the voiceless in society through the medium of film. She was born in Germany as the daughter of Tunisian immigrants. Maisa studied media and entertainment management and wrote her dissertation on "Symbolic annihilation in mass media and its impact on the identity of first-generation immigrants." She is also a co-founder of BIPoC Film Society, a dynamic Berlin-based platform that aims to promote intersectionality and representation within industries that are fast tokenizing us and annihilating our stories all the faster. BIPoC Film Society is a collective that seeks to change the traditionally white, male, and heteronormative narratives of film and film criticism. Launching in May 2020, BFS has already had three sold-out events (including a 100-person screening at Oyoun Kultur NeuDenken and Yorck Group's Rollberg Kino), a music video for Berlin artist Lie_ning for Black Lives Matter and for the Cologne artists Kaleo Sansaa. Maissa is a filmmaker herself: she directed two music videos and wrote the script for two short films, which she also directed. She is currently working on scripts for a feature-length and a short film.
Known For
The visual accompaniment to Coldplay’s No 1 album Moon Music, created by over 150 different visual artists from 45 countries. Each artist was given a handful of music snippets from Moon Music and asked to create corresponding visuals. There were no rules or guidelines, and no knowledge of other artists’ creations.
Coldplay: A Film for the Future
New York Day Women follows a Haitian American woman who unexpectedly sees her mother in Manhattan during a workday—sparking an intimate exploration of identity, generational distance, and maternal strength.
New York Day Women
A date takes an unexpected turn in this meditation on race, politics, and history in Germany.
Dogfriend
A heartbroken Tunisian film director finds the perfect male lead for her new romance movie, but during rehearsals the young actor begins to suspect that his role may not be a fictitious one.