Sofia Alaoui

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 for best short fiction film in 2021.[12]

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

Filmography

Feature films

Short films
  • 2013 : Le rêve de Cendrillon
  • 2015 : Les enfants de Naplouse (documentary broadcast on France 3 and TV5)[14]
  • 2018 : Kenza des choux[15]
  • 2019 : Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent
  • 2019 : Les vagues ou rien[16]
  • 2020 : The Lake

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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