Asmae El Moudir
Asmae El Moudir | |
|---|---|
 Asmae El Moundir in French Institute in Meknès | |
| Born | February 16, 1990 Salé |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Citizenship | Moroccan |
| Occupation | Abdelmalek Essaâdi University |
| Notable work | Thank God It's Friday |
Asmae El Moudir (
Arabic: أسماء المدير; born 16 February 1990 in Salé)[1] is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter and producer.[2][3][4]
Biography
El Moudir holds a master's degree in documentary cinema from the Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in Tetouan, and a master's degree in production at the Superior Institute of Information and Communication of Rabat in Rabat.[5] She studied at La Fémis in Paris. She graduated in 2010 from the Moroccan Film Academy in Film Directing / Fiction.
After making a number of short films, El Moudir directed The Mother of All Lies, her first feature film.[6] The next year, she directed The Postcard, her first documentary feature film.[7]
She has directed documentaries for
Al Jazeera Documentary, BBC and Al Araby TV
. She has won important national and international awards which have been screened in Festivals worldwide and presented on co-production markets.
In 2022, she was part of Netflix Equity Fund with Four Female Arab Filmmakers.[8]
Awards
- Grand Prix at the International Women's Film Festival in Toronto (2021)[9]
- Grand Prix at the IsReal Film Festival in Nuoro (2021)[10]
- Directing prizes and the Grand Prix of the El-Ayoun Documentary Film Festival (2019)[11]
Filmography
- 2010: The Last Bullet (La Dernière balle)[12]
- 2011: The Colors of Silence (Les couleurs de silence)
- 2013: Thank God It's Friday[13][14]
- 2015: Rough Cut[15]
- 2016: Harma
- 2019: Guerre oubliée (Forgotten War)[16][17]
- 2020: The Postcard (Fi Zaouiyati Oummi)[18][5]
- 2023: The Mother of All Lies[19]
References
- ^ @asmae_el_moudir (12 Jul 2016). "16 février" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Asmae El Moudir". www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ "Asmae El Moudir, une réalisatrice qui préfère varier les ateliers d'écriture". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ "Personnes | Africultures : El Moudir Asmae". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ a b MATIN, O. B, LE. "Le Matin - Asmae El Moudir reçoit le Prix du meilleur documentaire". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - "Le mensonge originel" d'Asmae El Moudir sélectionné pour la 9e édition de Final Cut in Venice". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ Attaq, Amal El. "Two Moroccan Films Participate in the Stockholm Arab Film Festival". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ Gharbi, Mishka (2022-04-23). "Netflix 250 000 dollars à 5 cinéastes dont la marocaine Asmae El Moudir". lecourrierdelatlas (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ ""Le mensonge originel" d'Asmae El Moudir sélectionné pour la 9ème édition de Final Cut in Venice". femmesdumaroc (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ ""The Mother of All Lies" by Asmae El Moudir selected for the 9th edition of Final Cut in Venice". Moroccan Ladies. 2021-07-29. Archived from the original on 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "مهرجان العيون يتوج "الحرب المنسية" بالجائزة الكبرى". الجزيرة الوثائقية (in Arabic). 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "filmnat12". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "La Fémis a 30 ans". Institut du monde arabe (in French). 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ Thank God It's Friday (2017), retrieved 2022-10-09
- ^ "Compétition Officielle / official Competition". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ Libé. ""La guerre oubliée" remporte le Grand prix du Festival documentaire sur la culture hassani". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ APANEWS. "Maroc : " Guerre oubliée " remporte le Grand Prix du Festival du film sur la culture sahraouie hassanie". apanews.net (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ MATIN, Nadia Ouiddar, LE. "Le Matin - Le film "Postcard" d'Asmae El Moudir distingué en Italie". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Le mensonge originel d'Asmae El Moudir à la 9è édition de Final Cut in Venice". Quid.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.