32
Years
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.
32
Years Old
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 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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
November 16, 1993
