Photo credit : Carmen Rachiteanu

Myriam Farsaoui

Screenwriter

After completing a bachelor’s degree in film studies at the University of Montreal, Myriam Farsaoui participated in the Mixed program offered by L’inis in the 2019-2020 cohort.

She gets Netflix grant for diversity in 2020 and the Louise Spickler Excellence Award. She won the What’s Next: Writer award at Webfest Berlin 2020 for her first web series Rima + Jacob written during her stay at INIS.

She is currently working on several feature film projects.

Filmography

Good girls go to heaven (Les filles sages vont au paradis)

In development

Feature film
Screenwriter
Production Films 53/12
* To be released in 2021-2022

Québécois de souks

In development

Feature film
Screenwriter
Production Objectif 9
* To be released in 2021-2023

Rima + Jacob

2020

Webseries fiction | 3 x 5 minutes
Screenwriter
L'Inis

Awards

Winner Webfest Berlin (What’s next: writer), 2020
FESTIVALS
Sidney web fest - Official selection, 2020
Longue vue sur court - Official selection, 2020

Hip-hop au féminin

2020

Short film documentary
Screenwriter and researcher
L'Inis

Awards

FESTIVALS
Longue vue sur le court - Official selection, 2020

Netflix grant for diversity

2020

Excellence Grant - Louise Spickler (L'Inis)

2020

Production assistance

2017-2019

Fragile (tv series) | Zone 3,
Appel moi si tu meurs (TV series) | Zone 3
Mon ami Walid (feature film) | Zone 3
Corporate videos | Pimentio
Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau (feature film) | Toast

2019-2020 - L'Inis - Mixed Program (Screenwriter Profile)
2014-2017 - Bachelor's degree in cinema | Université de Montréal
2011-2014 - DEC Cinema and communication | Cégep Édouard-Montpetit