About
Biography
Born in El Kef, a Tunisian city on the Algerian border, Intissar Belaid is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Tunisia and Germany. In a world inundated with images, her work seeks to uncover and highlight those that embody the narratives of her region.
Intissar began her creative journey with embroidery, a craft passed down through generations of women in her family, which enabled her to address contemporary issues through an inherited tradition. Simultaneously, she engaged with moving images, initially using this medium to explore her gender and social status within her community. As her practice evolved, Intissar shifted her focus from personal to collective themes. Her eclectic approach challenges established interpretations of history, contrasting them with both personal and collective narratives.
Her participation in art residencies, notably at the SVALHOM (Denmark, 2016), Cité des Arts de Paris (France, 2018), and Gabés Cinémafen (Tunisia, 2021), has considerably shaped her approach. Intissar's work has also been shown internationally at film festivals, art galleries, and art fairs such as JCC Tunisia (2014), Zawiya Egypt (2016), Redzone Lebanon (2020), 1:54 London UK (2017), MIA Milano (2024), and “WHATIFTHEWORLD” Gallery, Cape town (2024).
Since 2017, Intissar has engaged actively with her community, conducting workshops across Tunisia with organizations such as Massarib, Generation Cinema, L'art Rue, and Cinema Madart. Involving participants of diverse horizons and ages. These workshops focus on connecting generations, fostering dialogue, and sharing her practice and research.
Contact
intissar@belaid.org
CV
Exhibitions (selection since 2014)
2024 MIA Photo fair, A. Gorgi gallery Milano, Italy.
“The light between”group exhibition, WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery Cape Town,South Africa.
2023 “Mu'awiya's Thread” group exhibition at 32BIS Tunis, Tunisia.
2022 “About Hercules and Antaeus” installation presented at “The shadow
cone-Decolonial narratives of Overseas” Group Exhibition, Napoli, Italy.
2021 “News from Nowhere“ Exhibition Gabès Cinéma Fen Festival,Gabès, Tunisia.
2020 “News from Nowhere“ Open Studio, Tunis, Tunisia.
2019 “El Kazma" L'Heure d'Hiver , Cinéma Galeries, Brussels,Belgium.“El Kazma",Gabès Cinéma Fen, Gabès, Tunisia.
2018 Art residency at Cité des Arts, Paris, France.
2017 1:54 Art Fair, with A.Gorgi Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2016 Solo exhibition “Al Madina” at A.Gorgi Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia.
“One (Wo)man / One Camera / One Sound” Danish exchange program at The National Film School of Denmark, Copenhagen, Danmark.
2015 Art Residency “SVALHOLM“, Aarhus, Denmark. 2014 Group Exhibition, National Library, Tunis, Tunisia.
Films (selection since 2014)
2024 “Bardo” Ongoing feature experimental
2020 “Waiting for the resurrection” 7’ DocHouse Tunisia
2016 “Beyond the Silence” 20’ with SVP, IMS and national film school of Danemark 2014 “Pousses de printemps” 20’ The box studio JCC prize of best short film
Workshops (selection since 2019)
2023 Workshop drawing and stop motion techniques: participants from the
neighborhood of the movie theater at Carthage- Tunis
2022 United Screens Think well at Nabeul/ Tunisia with SAVVY Contemporary Berlin workshop about circulation of videos & films / participants: film school and fine art school students in Nabeul
2021 Experimental film workshop with Sentier Massarib and l’art Rue “Sous Nos Pieds” participants from the Medina old city Tunis neighborhood. The film (made by the participants in the workshop ) was selected in the GCF film festival.
2020 kids workshop for learning stop motion techniques with Sentier Massarib “Oued Lil Birds”
2019 Stop Motion and Documentary Workshop with Generation Cinema in Menzel Bourguiba. The workshop was attended exclusively by middle school girls. They chose to create a film titled “Intaj al-Qalb”, centered on the theme of love.
Education
Master in Cinema Research - Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 University, Paris, France.
National Degree in Audio-visual and Cinema -Audiovisual and Cinema School, Tunis, Tunisia.
Bachelor's degree at the Fine Art Institute of Nabeul, Tunisia.