original title:
Bouchra
directed by:
screenplay:
Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani, Ayla Mrabet
cinematography:
John Michael Boling
editing:
set design:
Meriem Bennani, John Michael Boling
costume design:
Meriem Bennani, Becky Akinyode
music:
Flavien Berger
producer:
production:
country:
Italy/Morocco/USA
year:
2025
film run:
83'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (23/07/2025)
genre:
animation film
festivals & awards:
In this film, 35-year-old Moroccan Coyote and filmmaker, Bouchra, lives in New York and chronicles the impact her queerness has on her relationship with her mother, Aïcha, in Casablanca. Cutting between the film that’s forming and real-life conversations between Bouchra and Aïcha (recreations of phone calls that took place between Bennani and her mother), Bouchra is a humorous and tender portrait of the love and pain that both sides have to understand in order to move forward.