Fatima Boubekdi Explained

Fatima Boubekdi
Birth Date:7 May 1970
Years Active:1995 – 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

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

Notes and References

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

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