{"id":58494,"date":"2023-05-31T12:25:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/?post_type=campaigns&#038;p=58494"},"modified":"2024-10-07T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:19:58","slug":"leila-saadna","status":"publish","type":"campaigns","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/what-we-do\/voice\/campaigns\/artist-changemaker-program\/leila-saadna\/","title":{"rendered":"Le\u00efla Saadna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n                                                            <h5><strong>FILMMAKER <br \/><\/strong><strong>ALGERIA &amp; FRANCE <\/strong><\/h5>\n                <button type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#shareModal\"><\/button>\n\t<blockquote><p>Le\u00efla Saadna (she\/her) is a documentary filmmaker, visual artist, and director of photography who lives and works in Algiers, Algeria. Her films deal with exile and the struggles of people impacted by migration as well as the resistance of women and marginalized people in African and diasporic contexts from a feminist point of view. She has directed four documentaries and several projects mixing photographs and testimonies. Le\u00efla&rsquo;s work can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leilasaadna.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on her website<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leilasaadna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow her on Instagram<\/a> to see her photography-based art, and read her interview below.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <blockquote>\n                        I work on complex representations, far from clich\u00e9s, within the idea that liberating voices and creating visibility is a political act.                    \n                                                        Le\u00efla Saadna\n        <\/blockquote>\n\t<p><strong>What role do you think art can play in social change?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, art allows me to express, in a poetic way, realities often invisibilized by society. In this, my documentary art practice is interested in the possibility of making the voices of people from minority communities heard, from the margin. Thus, I work on complex representations, far from clich\u00e9s, within the idea that liberating voices and creating visibility is a political act.<\/p>\n<p>Selon moi, l&rsquo;art permet d&rsquo;exprimer, de fa\u00e7on po\u00e9tique, des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s souvent invisibilis\u00e9es par la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. En cela, ma pratique artistique documentaire s&rsquo;int\u00e9resse \u00e0 la possibilit\u00e9 de raconter, de faire entendre les voix des personnes issues de communaut\u00e9s minoris\u00e9es, depuis la marge. Ainsi, je travaille \u00e0 des repr\u00e9sentations complexes, loin des clich\u00e9s, dans l&rsquo;id\u00e9e que lib\u00e9rer la parole et cr\u00e9er de la visibilit\u00e9 est un acte politique.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How would you describe your artistic practice amplifying\/supporting social movements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like to invent cinematographic forms that allow me to film people in their dignity and their acts of resistance. For example, in my film \u00ab\u00a0Tell Me Djamila, If I Die How Will You Do?,\u00a0\u00bb I collected the testimony of my grandmother and other women in my family about how they experienced the absence of my father during his long years of exile in France. The film is about abandonment, both emotional and economic, and it tells the story of women who are impacted by migration without ever having been able to leave their homes themselves. Although the film shows the tragic side of exile, I filmed these women as everyday resisters, whose relentless humor allows them to escape self-pity. They are not victims; they are women who have struggled every day and whose most radical weapon is laughter.<\/p>\n<p>J&rsquo;aime inventer des formes cin\u00e9matographiques qui permettent de filmer les personnes dans leur dignit\u00e9 et leurs actes de r\u00e9sistance. Ainsi, dans mon film \u00ab\u00a0Dis-moi Djamila, si je meurs comment feras-tu ?\u00a0\u00bb, j&rsquo;ai recueilli le t\u00e9moignage de ma grand-m\u00e8re et d&rsquo;autres femmes de ma famille concernant la mani\u00e8re dont elles ont v\u00e9cu l&rsquo;absence de mon p\u00e8re lors de ses longues ann\u00e9es d&rsquo;exil en France. Le film parle d&rsquo;abandon tant affectif qu&rsquo;\u00e9conomique, il raconte le des-tin de femmes impact\u00e9es par la migration sans avoir jamais pu elles-m\u00eames quitter leur mai-son. Bien que le film montre le c\u00f4t\u00e9 tragique de la d\u00e9chirure de l&rsquo;exil, je filme ces femmes comme des r\u00e9sistantes du quotidien, dont l&rsquo;humour implacable permet de sortir de tout api-toiement. Ce ne sont pas des victimes, ce sont des femmes qui ont lutt\u00e9 chaque jour et dont l&rsquo;arme la plus radicale est le rire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you hope to achieve through this award?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This award will allow me to continue my work freely, without pressure. It is also a considerable encouragement for me, which allows me to realize the value of my work.<\/p>\n<p>Ce prix va me permettre de continuer mon travail de mani\u00e8re libre, sans pression. C&rsquo;est \u00e9ga-lement un encouragement consid\u00e9rable pour moi, qui me permet de prendre conscience de la valeur de mon travail.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tFeatured work\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UNE_TERRE_A_SOI_1_70-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Still from the documentary feature film, &lt;em&gt;A Land of One's Own&lt;\/em&gt;, 2022. \" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1350\" width=\"2560\" title=\"UNE_TERRE_A_SOI_1_70\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStill from the documentary feature film, <em>A Land of One&rsquo;s Own<\/em>, 2022. \n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UNE_TERRE_A_SOI_3_20-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Still from the documentary feature film, &lt;em&gt;A Land of One's Own,&lt;\/em&gt; 2022. By Le\u00efla Saadna \" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1350\" width=\"2560\" title=\"UNE_TERRE_A_SOI_3_20\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStill from the documentary feature film, <em>A Land of One&rsquo;s Own,<\/em> 2022. By Le\u00efla Saadna \n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UNE_TERRE_A_SOI_3_30-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Still from the documentary feature film, &lt;em&gt;A Land of One's Own&lt;\/em&gt;, 2022. \" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1350\" width=\"2560\" title=\"UNE_TERRE_A_SOI_3_30\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStill from the documentary feature film, <em>A Land of One&rsquo;s Own<\/em>, 2022. \n\t<p>Stills from the documentary feature film, <em>A Land of One&rsquo;s Own<\/em>, 2022.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leila-saadna-djamila-still_60.png\" alt=\"Still from the creative documentary film, Tell Me Djamila, If I Die How Will You Do?, May 2019.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1125\" width=\"2000\" title=\"leila-saadna-djamila-still_60\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStills from the creative documentary film, <em>Tell Me Djamila, If I Die How Will You Do?<\/em>, May 2019.\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leila-saadna-djamila-still_90.png\" alt=\"Still from the creative documentary film, Tell Me Djamila, If I Die How Will You Do?, May 2019.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1125\" width=\"2000\" title=\"leila-saadna-djamila-still_90\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStills from the creative documentary film, <em>Tell Me Djamila, If I Die How Will You Do?<\/em>, May 2019.\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leila-saadna-djamila-still_160.png\" alt=\"Still from the creative documentary film, Tell Me Djamila, If I Die How Will You Do?, May 2019.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1125\" width=\"2000\" title=\"leila-saadna-djamila-still_160\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStills from the creative documentary film, <em>Tell Me Djamila, If I Die How Will You Do?<\/em>, May 2019.\n\t<p>Stills from the creative documentary film, <em>Tell Me Djamila, <\/em><em>If I Die How Will You Do?<\/em>, May 2019.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leila-saadna-behind-the-sea_1.png\" alt=\"Still from the short documentary, Behind the Sea, 2017.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1063\" width=\"1890\" title=\"leila-saadna-behind-the-sea_1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStills from the short documentary, <em>Behind the Sea<\/em>, 2017.\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leila-saadna-behind-the-sea-filmstill_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Still from the short documentary, Behind the Sea, 2017.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1073\" width=\"1890\" title=\"leila-saadna-behind-the-sea-filmstill_2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStills from the short documentary, <em>Behind the Sea<\/em>, 2017.\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leila-saadna-behind-the-sea-filmstill_7-1.jpg\" alt=\"Still from the short documentary, Behind the Sea, 2017.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1073\" width=\"1890\" title=\"leila-saadna-behind-the-sea-filmstill_7\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStills from the short documentary, <em>Behind the Sea<\/em>, 2017.\n\t<p>Stills from the short documentary, <em>Behind the Sea<\/em>, 2017.<\/p>\n                                            <h2>Make an impact<\/h2>\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/join.globalfundforwomen.org\/a\/donate\">\n                                    Donate                                <\/a>\n                        Sign up for our newsletter\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le\u00efla Saadna (she\/her) is a documentary filmmaker, visual artist, and director of photography who lives and works in Algiers, Algeria. 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