Naoile Jouira

Biography

Born in a village in the Vosges, to a worker father and a stay-at-home mother who immigrated to France in the 1970s, Naoile Jouira is the only daughter of a family of 7 children. Very early, she lends herself to the exercise of shooting and sound, and interview methods on TV and Radio as an apprentice. Since childhood, she has practiced writing daily (spontaneous writing, poetry, fiction or article). After a degree in history, she took the path of humanitarianism and social and solidarity entrepreneurship via a Master’s degree in the management of NGOs and emergency projects. She worked there for more than 8 years and traveled to many countries (Colombia, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Algeria…), while at the same time enrolling in a process of free creations. It was in 2012 and 2013 that she made her first two documentaries. And in July 2018, she decided to devote herself fully to directing by deepening screenwriting and exploring her worlds and personal experiences to tell other stories. Fictitious this time. She then directed 3 short films, including “When will the oriole come back” (in official competition of Paris Court Devant, Best Actress Award) and “My mother is Peter Pan”, selected at the Ateliers du Cinéma de Claude Lelouch in Beaune, allowing him to join the residency as a filmmaker in September 2019, for 2 years. In management, editing, lighting, staging or production, she multiplies her experiences on amateur and professional shoots for more than 2 years as an autodidact.