Morrocan Filmmaker and scriptwriter.
Born in 1976, in Casablanca, Morocco. Holder of a High school diploma in Mathematics and Natural Sciences obtained in Casablanca, graduate of the ESRA in 1996, and holder of a Masters in Film and broadcasting Studies acquired in the Paris VIII university, in Saint-Denis in 1999. She has followed many training courses since 1995, as script or assistant director, amongst others on the feature-length Soleil by Roger Hanin (1966), Furia d'Alexandre Aja, as well as Over the Rainbow, official selection Cannes 97. Momo Mambo (2003) is her third short film after The Lost Horizon (2000) and 200 Dirhams (2001). Marock (2004) is her first feature, then Gnaza Party (2012).

Laïla Marrakchi was born and raised in Casablanca (Morocco), and left for Paris at 18 to pursue her studies. Her debut feature film, Marock (2005) was showcased in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. Her second feature, Rock the Casbah (2013), boasted a stellar cast, including Hiam Abbass, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal, Morjana Alaoui and Omar Sharif. Laila has also directed two episodes of Damien Chazelle's "The Eddy" (2020) for Netflix and worked on several French productions.


Source : Cinemed 2003 & Africiné
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