Asmae El Moudir

Asmae El Moudir
Asmae El Moudir
	Asmae El Moundir in French Institute in Meknès
Born	February 16, 1990 (age 34); 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] She gained great recognition and national and international fame through her successful documentary The Mother of All Lies, for which she also won several awards.

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 graduated in 2010 from the Moroccan Film Academy in Film Directing / Fiction.^{[citation needed]} In 2013, she attended the summer university programme at La Fémis in Paris.^[6]

After making a number of short films, El Moudir directed The Mother of All Lies, her first feature film.^[7] The next year, she directed The Postcard, her first documentary feature film.^[8]

She has directed documentaries for SNRT, 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.^[9]

Awards

Grand Prix at the International Women's Film Festival in Toronto (2021)^[10]
Grand Prix at the IsReal Film Festival in Nuoro (2021)^[11]
Directing prizes and the Grand Prix of the El-Ayoun Documentary Film Festival (2019)^[12]

Filmography

2010: The Last Bullet (La Dernière balle)^[13]
2011: The Colors of Silence (Les couleurs de silence)
2013: Thank God It's Friday^[14]^[15]
2015: Rough Cut^[16]
2016: Harma
2019: Guerre oubliée (Forgotten War)^[17]^[18]
2020: The Postcard (Fi Zaouiyati Oummi)^[19]^[5]
2023: The Mother of All Lies^[20]

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)
^ "L'Université d'été de La Fémis Bilan et portraits d'anciens lauréats" (PDF) (in French). La Fémis. p. 10. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
^ 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.

External links

Asmae El Moudir - IMDb

[1] @asmae_el_moudir (12 Jul 2016). "16 février" – via Instagram.

[2] "Asmae El Moudir". www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[3] "Asmae El Moudir, une réalisatrice qui préfère varier les ateliers d'écriture". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[4] "Personnes | Africultures : El Moudir Asmae". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[:0-5] 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)

[6] "L'Université d'été de La Fémis Bilan et portraits d'anciens lauréats" (PDF) (in French). La Fémis. p. 10. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

[7] 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.

[8] Attaq, Amal El. "Two Moroccan Films Participate in the Stockholm Arab Film Festival". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[9] 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.

[10] ""Le mensonge originel" d'Asmae El Moudir sélectionné pour la 9ème édition de Final Cut in Venice". femmesdumaroc (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-09.

[11] ""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.

[12] "مهرجان العيون يتوج "الحرب المنسية" بالجائزة الكبرى". الجزيرة الوثائقية (in Arabic). 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

[13] "filmnat12". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

[14] "La Fémis a 30 ans". Institut du monde arabe (in French). 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

[15] Thank God It's Friday (2017), retrieved 2022-10-09

[16] "Compétition Officielle / official Competition". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

[17] Libé. ""La guerre oubliée" remporte le Grand prix du Festival documentaire sur la culture hassani". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[18] 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.

[19] 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)

[20] "Le mensonge originel d'Asmae El Moudir à la 9è édition de Final Cut in Venice". Quid.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.

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