Hafsia Herzi
Hafsia HERZI (1987, France) is an actress, screenwriter and director. She gained international recognition for her debut role in The Secret of the Grain (2007), which earned her the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival. In 2025, she won the César Award for Best Actress for her role in Borgo by Stéphane Demoustier. As a filmmaker, Herzi has directed and written several features exploring family, intimacy and social identity including La petite dernière (2025).
Filmography
You Deserve a Lover (2019), Good Mother (2021), La Cour (2022), La petite dernière / The Little Sister (2025)
Hafsia Herzi at IFFR
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La petite dernière
Hafsia Herzi | 108' | France | Dutch Premiere
A tender coming-of-age portrait of a lesbian French-Algerian woman navigating desire, faith and selfhood. -
Française
Souad El-Bouhati | 84' | France | None
Beautifully honourable drama about a Moroccan girl in France who is forced to go back to Morocco when she is 10. However, she feels French… -
La graine et le mulet
Abdellatif Kechiche | 151' | France | None
An idiosyncratic story about life, ambitions, frustrations, courage and indolence among North African migrant families in the south of France. After h -
War Story
Mark Jackson | 88' | Italy | International premiere
Moving film about the inner turmoil of war photographer Lee (strongly acted by Catherine Keener), who is wrestling with her war traumas. She flees to -
L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close
Bertrand Bonello | 122' | France | None
A members-only brothel in Paris, early 20th century. A prostitute’s face, mutilated by a client, bears a tragic smile. Around her, the other girls wit