Ahmed Bouanani Movies

A snail trying to endure life. A girl in a bridge. A fragment of the movie Assarab, by Ahmed Bouanani.

Hamid Kanfoudi, an orchestra conductor, wins the lottery. Contrary to his beliefs and expectations, he sees no improvement in his life.

Ahmed Bouanani’s first feature film played a pivotal role in bringing experimentalism to Moroccan cinema. It’s a fable-like story of a...

Tahar is a retired blacksmith living with his son from his first marriage. After seeing his late second wife in a dream, he decides to visit her...

The story of Massaoud, a rebellious young man, oppressed by both his family and the sclerotic society.

Ali Essafi visited Bouanani three years before the latter’s death. The filmmaker, poet and novelist who also made drawings was leading a...

In this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice...

Six and Twelve is one of a series of short films and documentaries produced under the auspices of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain in the...

One day, a potter buys an old frame in which to put the family photos. But the merchant refuses to sell the frame without the photo of a stranger...

Heper's 7-minute short "Dawn" follows, in a single space between two windows, a triangular love relationship of three people.

A father searches for his son after he disappeared from view, especially after doubts were raised about his possibility of joining extremist groups

Directed by Mohamed Abbazi.

A man from Tarfaya, penetrated by the magnificence of his country, the power of its beauty and the nomadic life of his ancestors goes in search of a...

A musical about a young girl, Naitou, whose mother is assassinated by a jealous stepmother. The stepmother abuses Naitou and prevents her from taking...

Ahmed Bouanani’s Al-Manabe' al-Arba'a (1974), a very low-budget fantastical adaption of a poetic fable, features his wife Naïma Saoudi,...

Crafted exclusively from film archives, Thakirah Arba’at 'Ashar (1971) was Ahmed Bouanani’s first feature, but the censors forced him to...

A plowman finds a treasure in his field but when looters rob him of his find, his son Farès starts chasing after them.