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Fatima Boubekdi

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Fatima Boubekdi
Born (1970-05-07) May 7, 1970 (age 54)
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • screenwriter
Years active1995 – present

Fatima Boubekdi (born May 17, 1970, in Casablanca) is a Moroccan filmmaker, screenwriter, dramatist. She studied film directing in Morocco, graduating from the ISADAC. She is known for her works that draw inspiration from Moroccan folklore.

Biography

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After a brief theatrical training in Casablanca, and in Rabat at the High Institute of Theatrical Arts and Cultural Animation, Boubekdi discovered a penchant for directing. She worked alongside Farida Bourquia in 1995 as an assistant director. A year later, she wrote screenplays with filmmakers Mohamed Ismaïl, Hassan Benjelloun and Abdelmajid R'chich.[1][2] In 1999, she directed her first television film, The Door of Hope.[3] In 2006, she won three prizes at the second edition of the National Amazigh Film Festival for Hammou Ounamir (Grand Prize, Best Directing) and Imouran (Best Screenplay).[4] In 2021, Boubekdi released her first feature film, Annatto.

The filmmaker, who speaks Arabic and Berber, is very passionate about Amazigh culture, the primary language in many of her work being Berber,[5] as well as folklore and Moroccan history, both recurrent themes in her films.[6]

Filmography

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  • Kabran Hmad (2005)[7][8]
  • Hammou Ounamir (2006)
  • Imouran (2006)
  • The Door of Hope (2006)
  • Annatto (2021)[3][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Portrait. Lumière sur Fatima Boubekdi". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  2. ^ "Fatima Boubekdi : L'écriture du scénario demeure un problème commun aux courts et longs métrages". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  3. ^ a b MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - Fatima Boubekdi réalise son premier long métrage "Annatto"". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  4. ^ MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - La réalisatrice Fatima Boubekdi rafle les Prix". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  5. ^ Merolla, Daniela (2006). De l'art de la narration tamazight (berbère): 200 ans d'études : état des lieux et perspectives (in French). Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-90-429-1767-5.
  6. ^ "La réalisatrice Fatima Boubekdi plaide pour un cinéma orienté vers l'histoire du Royaume". MAP Express (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  7. ^ Merolla, Daniela; Zerad, Kamal Nait; Ameziane, Amar (2019-11-04). Les cinémas berbères: De la méconnaissance aux festivals nationaux (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-2311-6.
  8. ^ كتابة النسائية بالمغرب: دراسات وببليوغرافيا (in French). Université Mohammed V, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines. 2001. ISBN 978-9981-911-07-9.
  9. ^ "Fatima Ali Boubekdi revient avec sa première fiction "Annatto"". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.