Ahmed Bouanani
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Ahmed Bouanani photographed by his brother Mohamed in 1970
Ahmed Bouanani (Casablanca, 16 November 1938 - Demnate, 6 February 2011) was a Moroccan film director. 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.[1]
In 1983 he also made a comic strip for the newspaper .[2]
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.[3]
Filmography[]
- As director
- 1968 : 6 et 12 short film[4]
- 1971 : Mémoire 14 short film, length reduced due to censorship[5]
- 1974 : Les Quatre Sources short film[6](hommage au zajal)
- 1979 : Assarab (The Mirage) long film
- 1996 ː La Marche d’un poète short film[4]
References[]
- ^ list of the best and most important 100 Arabic films that has been commissioned by the 10th Dubai International Film Festival in 2013
- ^ "Ahmed Bouanani".
- ^ Bouanani, Ahmed (2018). The hospital : A tale in black and white. Vergnaud, Lara (trans.). New York: New Directions. ISBN 9780811225762. OCLC 1022979504.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Institut du monde arabe, 2010
- ^ La Vie éco, 2011
- ^ La Triennalle 2012
Categories:
- Moroccan film directors
- Moroccan comics artists
- 1938 births
- 2011 deaths