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Ahmed Bouanani (Casablanca, 16 November 1938 - Demnate, 6 February 2011) was a Moroccan film director, poet and novelist. He was best known from the 1979 film The Mirage, which featured as no.61 on the list of the best and most important 100 Arabic films commissioned by the 10th Dubai International Film Festival in 2013.
In 1983 he also made a comic strip for the newspaper Al Maghrib.
In addition to filmmaking, Bouanini wrote three collections of poetry and one novel, The Hospital, translated into English by Lara Vergnaud and published by New Directions in 2018.
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03 April 2002
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 grave, in Azemmour.
01 January 1993
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 that it already holds.
03 January 1977
Ahmed Bouanani’s Al-Manabe' al-Arba'a (1974), a very low-budget fantastical adaption of a poetic fable, features his wife Naïma Saoudi, who also worked as an art director and set designer.
01 January 2008
A father searches for his son after he disappeared from view, especially after doubts were raised abs
02 January 1968
Six and Twelve is one of a series of short films and documentaries produced under the auspices of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain in the years after Moroccan independence.
02 January 1978
Hamid Kanfoudi, an orchestra conductor, wins the lottery. Contrary to his beliefs and expectations, he sees no improvement in his life.
02 January 1966
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 great popular poet.
12 February 2017
Ali Essafi visited Bouanani three years before the latter’s death. The filmmaker, poet and novelist who also made drawings was leading a reclusive life in a remote village with his wife Naïma and many cats, living in the midst of huge piles of books and manuscripts.
26 June 1971
The story of Massaoud, a rebellious young man, oppressed by both his family and the sclerotic society.
02 January 1979
Ahmed Bouanani’s first feature film played a pivotal role in bringing experimentalism to Moroccan cinema.
01 January 1989
In this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father.
01 January 1963
Heper's 7-minute short "Dawn" follows, in a single space between two windows, a triangular love relationship of three people.
02 January 1982
Said, an eight-year-old boy, is tasked with returning his mother's caftan to the tailor. On his way back, he steals the caftan.
02 January 1970
A plowman finds a treasure in his field but when looters rob him of his find, his son Farès starts chasing after them.
01 January 1971
Crafted exclusively from film archives, Thakirah Arba’at 'Ashar (1971) was Ahmed Bouanani’s first feature, but the censors forced him to cut it down from 2 hours and 18 minutes to 24 minutes.
22 October 1982
A musical about a young girl, Naitou, whose mother is assassinated by a jealous stepmother. The stepmother abuses Naitou and prevents her from taking part in the traditional initiation for all young girls.
