Sofia Alaoui (born 1990 in Casablanca) is a French-Moroccan director and screenwriter.[1][2] She is best known for her short film Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent.[3][4]

Biography

Born in Casablanca to a Moroccan father and a French mother, she grew up between Morocco and China. After graduating high school in Casablanca, she moved to Paris to study cinema.[5] In 2017, she returned to Morocco to develop her own production company, Jiango Films.[6][7]

Her first short fiction film, Kenza des choux, was screened at a number of festivals.[8][9]

Her next film, Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent, was shot in the Atlas Mountains, featuring non-professional actors and dialogue exclusively in Tamazight.[10] It won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020,[11] and the César Award for Best Fiction Short Film in 2021.[12]

Alaoui's feature directorial debut, Animalia premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.[13]

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

References

  1. ^ "Sofia Alaoui | Meditalents" (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  2. ^ "Sofia Alaoui". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  3. ^ "Sofia Alaoui". Lioumness. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. ^ "French-Moroccan Director Sofia Alaoui Wins Cesar Award for Best Short Film | MapNews". www.mapnews.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  5. ^ "Un apéro avec Sofia Alaoui : " Je voulais m'intéresser à cette société du paraître qui existe vraiment au Maroc "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  6. ^ "Sofia Alaoui". Académie des César. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  7. ^ "Jiango Films". www.unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  8. ^ "KENZA DES CHOUX – FIFOG 2018" (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  9. ^ "Kenza des Choux | Plein la Bobine" (in French). 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  10. ^ "Sofia Alaoui : "Je souhaite faire un cinéma marocain ambitieux et international avant tout"". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  11. ^ "so-what-if-the-goats-die". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  12. ^ "Sofia Alaoui remporte le César du meilleur court métrage". L'Economiste (in French). 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  13. ^ Kudláč, Martin (8 December 2022). "An in-person Sundance returns with a raft of rising European voices". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  14. ^ "film-documentaire.fr - Portail du film documentaire". www.film-documentaire.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  15. ^ "oriGine / Kenza des Choux". www.originefilms.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  16. ^ "Documentaire: "Les Vagues ou Rien", la passion du surf contre vents et marées, dimanche à 22h00". 2M (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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