The Secret Manuscript

Wajdi Moussa born October 8, 1990 in Korba, is a Tunisian Filmmaker, Screenwriter and Executive Producer. He studied at the Institut International de Langues et des Arts De Communication (I.I.L.A.C) from 2016 to 2018. In 2019, he obtained a certificate from (I.I.L.A.C) speciality Filmmaking. After various internships in audiovisual and directing, he became assistant director on several shoots in a Tunisia and abroad and took part in scriptwriting workshops in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. From an early age, Moussa was fascinated by Classical Maghrebian Culture and by storytelling. In 2018, he completed his first film, The Secret Manuscript, shot in his hometown of Korba and featuring the cultural setting and Historical overtones that would figure prominently in his later work. Released in 2021, his first short film, Daghbaji, garnered national acclaim. The film, which tells the story of life of one of the most important symbols of armed resistance in Tunisia (Mohamed Daghbaji). Moussa's second film, The Poet's Diary, was released in 2023. The dialogue of the film is in Classical Arabic, which traces the life of one of the most important symbols of romantic Poetry in Arab World (Aboul-Qacem Echebbi). He works as assistant director with several Algerian and Tunisian films. In addition to his work as an artist and filmmaker, Moussa has performed as a storyteller at the Madrasa Slimania, and has produced work for Tunisian radio and television. He is the author of a number of books, including several for literatural. Moussa is a member of the Association of Tunisian Film Directors (A.R.F.T) and the Tunisian Association for the Promotion of Film Criticism (A.T.P.C.C).