Sofia Alaoui

  • Sofia Alaoui
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Film director, Sound engineer, Producer, Screenwriter, Director of photography (d.o.p.)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

French Moroccan Film Director, Sound recordist, Screenwriter, Director of photography, Producer.

Sofia ALAOUI is a Director, Sound recordist, Screenwriter, Director of photography, Producer (Jiango Films, Casablanca).

She is sometimes credited as
Sofia JAMAL ALAOUI

She is known for "So What If the Goats Die (Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent)" (2020), "Kenza des choux "(2017)," Belle Ville "(2016, co-Writer), "The Children of Nablus" (2015).

Sofia Alaoui was born in Casablanca (Morocco) to a Moroccan father and a French mother.
Sofia ALAOUI spent her childhood between Morocco and elsewhere in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. She has directed both documentary and fiction shorts that have been selected for many festivals. Her latest documentary was released on the Moroccan main channel in 2019. Sofia is aiming for a cinema beyond borders that flirts with cinematographic genres. She is currently developing her first feature and TV series. She founded the Moroccan production company Jiango Film.

FILMOGRAPHY (abstracts)

2022 - In Production
AMONG US - PARMI NOUS (FEATURE - Film)
* Director | Screenwriter
| Production : WRONG FILM / JIANGO FILMS (Morocco)
with the support of CNC (France), CCM (Centre cinématographique Marocain, Morocco), Canal +, Arte.Prix ARTE, aide au développement, des Ateliers de l'Atlas du Festival de Marrakech 2020

2020
Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent (So What If the Goats Die) (Short drama)
* Director | Screenwriter

2017
Kenza des choux
* Director | Screenwriter

2016
Belle Ville (court, réalisation : Won-hee Jung, France / Corée du Sud, Fiction, 25'55)
* Co-Screenwriter

2015 - Les Enfants de Naplouse
* Director | Screenwriter

Source:
* www.sundance.org/projects/so-what-if-the-goats-die
* www.cnc.fr/cinema/actualites/decouvrez-quimporte-si-les-betes-meurent-court-metrage-prime-a-sundance_1142883
* https://atlasateliers.festivalmarrakech.info/en/selection/2020/among-us
* www.jeuneafrique.com/1333305/culture/sofia-alaoui-il-y-a-un-deni-total-du-passe-colonial-parmi-les-politiciens-francais/
updated by Thierno Dia, on 16 July 2022

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صوفيا العلوي
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لدت صوفيا بمدينة الدار البيضاء، وقضت طفولتها بين المغرب والصين. بعد الدراسة في باريس، عادت للعيش في الدار البيضاء سنة 2015 وأخرجت فيلمين وثائقيين: أطفال نابلس، و الأمواج أو لا شيء وأفلاما روائية: حلم سندريلا و كنزة دي شو. فاز فيلمها القصير الأخير لا يهم إن نفقت البهائم بجائزة لجنة التحكيم الكبرى لمهرجان صندانس سنة 2020
20th Century Fox أنهت مؤخرا تصوير فيلم قصير من نوع أفلام الخيال لفائدة شركة الإنتاج

Source:
https://atlasateliers.festivalmarrakech.info/ar/selection/2020/among-us

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