Sonia Ben Slama (she/her) is a French-Tunisian documentary filmmaker. She grew up in Paris where she studied art and cinema. In 2015, she directed her first feature documentary Maktoub. Machtat, her second film, premiered in the International Competition at Visions du Réel Film Festival 2023. It was also screened at Cannes, CIFF, IDFA, and El Gouna, where it won Best Arab Documentary. Sonia is currently developing a new feature-length documentary project, Najeh in the land of men.