Abdou Achouba

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Abdou Achouba (born 1950 in Rabat) is a Moroccan-Italian filmmaker, journalist, film critic and producer. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He has presided over the jury of short films at the Moroccan National Film Festival. [6] [7] [8] [9] He studied political science, then cinema at the IDHEC in Paris. [10] [11]

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Filmography

Feature films

Short films

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References

  1. ↑ "Personnes | Africultures : Achouba Abdou". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. ↑ "Abdou Achouba, un Marocain à Cannes". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Abdou Achouba". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  4. ↑ "Orson Welles, l'amant de Mogador". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  5. ↑ "Cinéma: Un Marocain à la tête d'un studio européen mythique". L'Economiste (in French). 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  6. ↑ "» 15e Festival National du Film de Tanger – Abdallah Saaf et Abdou Achouba présidents des jurys". Maroc Press (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  7. ↑ "jurynat7". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  8. ↑ menara. "Festival national du film dévoile la composition de son jury". www.menara.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  9. ↑ "Maroc: Festival national du film - Abdallah Saaf (long-métrage) et Abdou Achouba (court-métrage), présidents de jury".
  10. 1 2 3 Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire (in French). KARTHALA Editions. 2000-01-01. ISBN   978-2-84586-060-5.
  11. ↑ "Abdou Achouba : un italiano vero" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-17.
  12. ↑ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN   978-2-8111-4250-6.
  13. ↑ Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-66252-4.
  14. ↑ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-35116-6.
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