Nadia El Fani (Arabic: نادية الفاني; born 1960 in Paris), is a French-Tunisian film director, screenwriter and producer.

[3] Being close to Tunisian militant feminist groups, she began making documentaries in 1993 with Femmes Leader du Maghreb and Tanitez-moi.

[3] She wanted to escape the regime of Ben Ali,[7] Tunisian society which she felt was becoming more conservative due to the pressure of Islamists, and the threats she received for two controversial scenes in Bedwin Hacker.

In the autumn of 2009, El Fani was diagnosed with breast cancer, and began chemotherapy treatment, causing hair loss.

[11] In late April 2011, El Fani was invited by Hannibal TV to discuss her new film on television in a studio with 500 people.

[7] During the film's premiere in April 2011 in Tunis, dozens of Islamists [citation needed] attacked the cinema, breaking down the door shouting Allahu akbar!

[11] El Fani received numerous death threats for being an atheist and bald and was the target of massive defamation on social media.

[10] After Tunisian FEMEN activist Amina Tyler was arrested for posting a nude photo of herself online in 2013, El Fani was one of many who supported her.