Filmmaker & Screenwriter 97-time award-winning · Paris-based

About

      Lyna Tadount is a Paris-based filmmaker and screenwriter whose work sits at the intersection of political urgency and intimate storytelling.

A self-taught director trained in Plastic Arts, Journalism and Literature at Sorbonne Paris I & IV, she wrote and directed Ya Hanouni (2024) a short film that has since received 97 awards across 300 festival selections in 5 countries, including 9 Oscar® Qualifying Film Festivals and the Best Screenplay Award at Reel Sisters (Brooklyn, NY).

In parallel, she works as a journalist for Télésorbonne, where she covered the 77th and 78th editions of the Cannes Film Festival. She completed a series screenwriting program at Nouvelles Écritures (2024–2025), and co-wrote and co-directed the mini-series Foliscope in early 2026.

She is currently based in Paris and open to select projects.