Bouchra
Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani
Animation, Fiction : 85’ / Family, Lesbian, Identity, Auto-fiction, Comedy

Bouchra, a 35-year-old Moroccan filmmaker living in New York, is paralyzed with fear as she stares at the blank page. A phone call with her mother, who is in Casablanca, brings back memories. The affectionate, though complex, exchange between the two sparks her creativity, giving way to a journey through family ties, parenthood, and the turmoil of love.

 

/ EXHIBITION

Porto
November 05 | 21h30 | Batalha - Sala 1
QP - Official Competition
www.luckynumber.fr

/ Details

Year: 2025

Country: Italy, Morocco, USA

Language: moroccan arab, french and english

Subtitles: english

With: Meriem Bennani, Orian Barki, Yto Barrada, Fayçal Azizi, Ariana Faye Allensworth, Fatim-Zahra, Salima Dhaibi

/ Direction

Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani

Israel, Morocco


Orian Barki (born in 1985 in Tel Aviv, Israel) lives and works in New York. She has directed short documentaries and commercials featured on ESPN, PBS, Fader, Vogue, Nowness, Le Cinema Club, Dazed Magazine, and more.

 

Meriem Bennani (born in 1988 in Rabat, Morocco) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She has been developing a shape-shifting practice of films, sculptures and immersive installations shown at the Whitney Biennale, MoMA PS1, The Guggenheim museum, Art Dubai, The Vuitton Foundation in Paris, Public Art Fund, and Fondazione Prada in Milan. Her films have been shown at the New York Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Metrograph in New York and on the Criterion Channel.

 

Photo: Valentina Sommariva

 


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