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Ahmed Boulane (born 1 January 1956 in Salé, Morocco) is a Moroccan film director, producer and screenplay writer. Known as l'enfant terrible du cinéma marocain for his antics with journalists and his fellow filmmakers, he is considered to be one of the most talented directors in Morocco.




Biography


After a stint working in theater and radio as an actor in Morocco and then living in Italy, he returned to Morocco where he worked for 25 years in various positions in the film industry: actor, location manager, production manager, casting director and first assistant director. He was first assistant director in more than fifty international feature films for renowned directors, such as Giuliano Montaldo, Carlo Di Palma, Alan J. Pakula, Philippe de Broca, Jean Delannoy and John Landis, among others.
His first short film, Voyage dans le passé received the prestigious Vatican award at the 7th Milan African Film Festival and launched his dream of a becoming a feature film director.
His first feature film, Ali, Rabiaa and the Others was removed from movie theaters a few days after its release, considered too controversial for Morocco, but he won several international awards for this project.
Despite a chaotic production where permits were refused at the last minute by certain Moroccan administrations, his second feature film, The Satanic Angels, was first at the box office in Morocco in 2008, ahead of films like Harry Potter and 300.
His most recent films are The Return of the Son in 2011, and La Isla, a co-production with Spain released in 2016.
In 2019 Ahmed Boulane published his first book Ma vie est belle, translated into English by Dana Schondelmeyer (What a Beautiful Life), a memoir of his childhood, adolescence and early twenties.
In 2019 he was nominated as the head of the grand jury for the Golden Movie Awards Africa.




Filmography


1990: Plateau idéal (director)
1990: Crime imparfait (director)
1993: Adopte-moi (director)
1996: Voyage dans le passé (director, producer, screenplay writer)
2000: Ali, Rabiaa and the Others... (director, producer, screenplay writer)
2001: Midnight Fly (co-producer)
2002: Fetching Water and Go karts (director)
2002: Casablanca, Casablanca (co-screenplay writer)
2003: Moi, ma mère et Betina (director, screenplay writer)
2007: The Satanic Angels (director, producer, screenplay writer)
2011: The Return of the Son (director, producer, screenplay writer)
2015: La Isla (director, producer, screenplay writer)
Actor
1977: El Kanfoudi by Nabil Lahlou
1979: Le Gouverneur général by Nabil Lahlou
1981: Rollover by Alan J. Pakula
1982: Al Jamra by Farida Bourkia
1983: Afghanistan pourquoi ? by Abdellah Mesbahi
1985: Ishtar by Elaine May
1987: Deadline by Richard Stroud
1988: Der Aufsteiger by Peter Kevilc
1989: Les 1001 nuits by Philippe de Broca
1990: Un submarí a les estovalles by Ignasi P. Ferré
1992: L'Enfant lion by Patrick Grandperret
1993: Enfance volée by Hakim Noury
1994: Marie de Nazareth by Jean Delannoy
1994: King David by Robert Markowitz
1996: Aouchtam by Mohamed Ismaïl
1997: Di cielo in cielo by Roberto Giannarelli
1997: Solomon by Roger Young
1997: Marrakech Express by Gillies MacKinnon
1998: The Seventh Scroll by Kevin Connor
1999: Passeur d'enfants by Franck Apprederis
2000: Ali, Rabiaa and the Others... by Ahmed Boulane
2001: Le Piano by Lahcen Zinoun
2002: Casablanca, Casablanca by Farida Belyazid
2003: Jawhara by Saâd Chraïbi
2004: Story of One by Nick Murphy
2005: Suspect by Mohamed Caghat
2006: The Satanic Angels by Ahmed Boulane
2007: Al Kadia by Noureddine Lakhmari
2007: Whatever Lola Wants by Nabil Ayouch
2008: Cicatrice by Mehdi Salmi
2011: The Return of the Son by Ahmed Boulane
2013: Prisoners of the Sun by Roger Christian
2015: La Isla by Ahmed Boulane
2016: Julie - Aicha by Ahmed Maanouni
2017: Razzia by Nabyl Ayouch
2018: Instinto by Carlos Sedes
2019: The Spy by Raf Gideon
2020: Los Favoritos of Mida by Mateo Gil
2020: Rauhantekijä by Antti jussi Annilla
2021: " Bab Labhar TV series by Chawki laoufir opruduced by Ali In.
2022: " Los frad " TV Serie by Mariano Barroso.




Awards


Voyage dans le passé

1997: 2nd prize Vatican Award - 7th Milan African Film Festival, Milan, Italy
1998: Special Jury Mention - 5th National Moroccan Film Festival, Casablanca, Morocco
Ali, Rabiaa and the Others

2000: Best First Film - 6th National Moroccan Film Festival, Marrakech, Morocco
2000: Journalists' Award - 6th National Moroccan Film Festival, Marrakech, Morocco
2000: Best Editing - 6th National Moroccan Film Festival, Marrakech, Morocco
2001: Best Supporting Actor - 6th National Moroccan Film Festival, Marrakech, Morocco
2001: Best Supporting Actor - Alexandria Film Festival, Alexandria, Egypt
2002: Special Jury Mention - Avança International Film Festival, Avança, Portugal
The Satanic Angels

2007: Best Music - 6th National Moroccan Film Festival, Tangier, Morocco
2008: Jury's Award - Avança International Film Festival, Avança, Portugal
The Return of the Son

2012: Best Director - International Film Festival of Cinema and Migration, Utrecht, Netherlands
2012: Coup du Coeur - 12th Marrakech International Film Festival, Marrakech, Morocco
La Isla

2015: Coup du Coeur - 15th Marrakech International Film Festival, Marrakech, Morocco
2016: Jury's Award - Helsinki African Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
2017: Best Comedy - Cordoba International Film Festival, Cordoba, Columbia
2017: Young Jury's Award - Angers African Film Festival, Angers, France




References






External links


Ahmed Boulane at IMDb
Site officiel d'Ahmed Boulane

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ahmed Boulane
• The Satanic Angels
• Ahmed El Maanouni
• The Return of the Son
• Younes Megri
• Veronica Quarshie
• Samia Akariou
• Prisoners of the Sun (film)
• List of American films of 1999
• List of Moroccan films