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Ahmed El Maanouni

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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Ahmed El Maanouni is a screenwriter, film director, cinematographer, actor and producer born in Casablanca. His films include one of the most emblematic title of Moroccan cinema Alyam Alyam (1978), first Moroccan film to be selected in Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Grand Prize at the Mannheim film festival. He caught international attention when his film Trances (Al Hal) was honored and presented by Martin Scorsese at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival to inaugurate the World Cinema Foundation. His film Burned Hearts (Les Coeurs Brûlés) (2007) won the Grand Prize at the National Film festival. His documentary films consistently interrogate colonial history and its impact on Moroccan memory. In 2007 he has been honored with the title of Officier of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres in France.
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      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Alyam, alyam (1978)
    Alyam, alyam
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1978
    Julie-Aicha (2016)
    Julie-Aicha
    6.5
    • Director
    • 2016
    Les coeurs brûlés (2007)
    Les coeurs brûlés
    7.4
    • Director
    • 2007
    La fiction du Protectorat: Maroc-France, une histoire commune - Partie 1
    • Director
    • 2006

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    Director



    • Julie-Aicha (2016)
      Julie-Aicha
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Mohammed V, les Chemins de la Liberté
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Conversations with Driss Chraïbi
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Les coeurs brûlés (2007)
      Les coeurs brûlés
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2007
    • La fiction du Protectorat: Maroc-France, une histoire commune - Partie 1
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Les goumiers marocains (1993)
      Les goumiers marocains
      • Director
      • 1993
    • Les yeux du golfe
      Short
      • Director
      • 1984
    • Trances (1981)
      Trances
      6.7
      • Director
      • 1981
    • Alyam, alyam (1978)
      Alyam, alyam
      7.3
      • Director
      • 1978

    Writer



    • Julie-Aicha (2016)
      Julie-Aicha
      6.5
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Mohammed V, les Chemins de la Liberté
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Conversations with Driss Chraïbi
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2008
    • Les coeurs brûlés (2007)
      Les coeurs brûlés
      7.4
      • Writer
      • 2007
    • La fiction du Protectorat: Maroc-France, une histoire commune - Partie 1
      • Writer
      • 2006
    • Les goumiers marocains (1993)
      Les goumiers marocains
      • writer
      • 1993
    • Les yeux du golfe
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1984
    • Trances (1981)
      Trances
      6.7
      • screenplay
      • 1981
    • Alyam, alyam (1978)
      Alyam, alyam
      7.3
      • writer
      • 1978

    Cinematographer



    • La Médina de Paris
      Short
      • Cinematographer (as Ahmed El Maânouni)
      • 1995
    • Rosanne Katon in Illusions (1982)
      Illusions
      6.9
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1982
    • Queen Lear (1982)
      Queen Lear
      5.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 1982
    • Trances (1981)
      Trances
      6.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 1981
    • Alyam, alyam (1978)
      Alyam, alyam
      7.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 1978
    • Charkhun fi-l hâ'it (1978)
      Charkhun fi-l hâ'it
      • Cinematographer
      • 1978

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      • Ahmed El Maânouni

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