Kalthoum Bornaz (24 August 1945 – 3 September 2016)[1] was a Tunisian screenwriter, film editor, and director who belonged to the first generation of women filmmakers in Tunisia.

[4] She graduated in 1968 with a degree, and an expertise in film editing, script supervision, and montage from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques situated in Paris.

[4] Kalthoum Bornaz worked on a various number of feature-length motion pictures as a coproducer, assistant producer, film technician, and in many other fields of her expertise.

Keswa is a film that received a number of negative reviews because it dealt with the topic of women's right in Tunisia in a poor manner as stated by critics.

The Other Half of the Sky allowed Kalthoum Bornaz the opportunity to be recognized as the only female director to compete, and present her motion picture in the official competition at Television Festival and Ouagadougou’s Pan-African Film.