Tariq Teguia (born 1966) is an Algerian film director, screenwriter and producer. He studied visual arts and philosophy in Paris. He was an arts history teacher and a photographer, before filming some well-regarded shorts in the 1990s and a 2003 documentary short. His 2006 feature film debut, ''Rome wa la n-toura'' ('' Rome Rather Than You''), won the Special Jury Prize at the 2007

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'' magazine critic Robert Koehler praised "Tariq Teguia’s highly accomplished debut ... Although the final moments are foreseeable, both the getting there and the immediate aftermath show Teguia to be a director of major promise". Eric Henderson dissented, writing in ''

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'' that the film was "arrogantly conceived, pretentiously executed, and petulantly protracted". Teguia's next film, '' Gabbla'' (2008), was awarded the

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Prize at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival and the Daum Special Jury Prize at the 2009

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. The 2013

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Grand Jury Prize went to his ''Thwara Zanj'' ('' Zanj Revolution'') (2013).

Filmography

* ''Haçla'' (2003 documentary short; director, screenwriter, producer) * ''Roma wa la n'toura'' ('' Rome Rather Than You'') (2006; director, screenwriter, producer) * '' Gabbla'' (''Inland'') (2008; director, screenwriter, producer) * ''Venice 70: Future Reloaded'' (2013 documentary) * ''Thwara Zanj'' ('' Zanj Revolution'') (2013; director, screenwriter)

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* 1966 births Algerian film directors Algerian film producers Algerian screenwriters Living people 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-film-director-stub