Biography

Born and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and now residing in London, England.

Nahas began as a natural-born writer, writing short stories at the age of 13 and by 16 knew she wanted to direct whatever she wrote.

Tala graduated with a BA in Practical Filmmaking at MetFilm School in 2012 and did her Masters in Directing, Writing and Acting for the Screen at Central St Martins in 2013.

She featured on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival 2014 representing her film "Cue Colette" which was screened in the Short Film Corner. The year after in 2015 she directed a short Hemingway adaptation called "Copita" which was also in the Short Film Corner. 

"Seeking the Sandman" was Tala's first feature film 2016. 

in 2018 she directed, wrote and starred in a short film "Veiled" and it was featured in the Underwire Film Festival with a nomination for Best Editing. 

Other Credits

Cue Colette Short Film View
Description Year
A psychological Fashion drama of Young Colette Ballmann that finds herself in the dark side of the fashion industry.Betrayal, Family, Friends, Work problems and drugs...Can you relate? Colette's relationship with her father James is the only thing stable in her life or so she thought before she led herself to her own self destruction. 2014
Copita Short Film View
Description Year
a dark coming of age story between two bar men talking about a drunk old man that won't leave the pub...only to realise that the old man is actually one of the two barmen. 2015
Veiled Short Film View
Description Year
All of time is shrouded in the mystery of the Jinn, the unseen veiled figures with the power to possess humans. Whilst looking for answers about the death of her father, photographer Valerie is unknowingly drawn in to the most unholy of love triangles. 2018

Awards

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