Hicham Lasri

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Hicham Lasri
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Born (1977-04-13) April 13, 1977 (age 48)
NationalityMoroccan
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • comics artist

Hicham Lasri (born April 13, 1977) is a Moroccan comics artist, film director, novelist, producer and screenwriter. He has a special imprint on Moroccan cinema, as his films often deal with topics that are considered taboo in Moroccan society with great boldness.

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Biography

Lasri was born on April 13, 1977, in Casablanca. He grew up in a family of five brothers and a sister. [1] After obtaining a law degree, he changed orientation and begins a career of the playwright. He was a student of the screenwriter Emmanuelle Sardou and the filmmaker Hassan Leghzouli. Then he did an internship supervised by Sylvie Bailly, which allowed him to deepen his training on Sitcoms. [2]

Career

He became the protégé of Nabil Ayouch and wrote his first screenplay in 2002 for one of his films, La légende d'Arhaz, while also being the screenwriter of Lahcen Zinoun for La beauté éparpillée (2006). [3]

From 2004 to 2006, he worked as director of writing in Nabil Ayouch's company, Ali n’prod, he remained so between April 2006 and June 2007, for the "Film Industry" project. He worked also as an artistic director and took the opportunity to direct Le peuple de l’horloge, an 81-minute fiction. [3]

In 2010, he co-produced Terminus des anges with Narjiss Nejjar and Mohamed Mouftakir. His first solo feature film was The end, produced by Lamia Chraibi and her company La Prod. [3]

In his second movie, C'est eux les chiens... (2013), he made the parallel between the Moroccan riots of 1981 and the February 20 Movement. All in the form of a rather nervous docufiction. [3] After being selected at ACID in Cannes, the film was screened at 32 other international festivals between 2013 and 2015, including FESPACO, Malmo and the Carthage Film Festival. Lasri's other films were also selected four times at the Berlinale between 2014 and 2018. [4]

His first Documentary, Nayda?, looks back at the 2000s Moroccan "Nayda" movement, likened to the Spanish Movida. [5]

Personal life

In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Lasri signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages. [6] [7] [8]

Works

Filmography

Films

YearTitleCredited asNotes
Director Screenwriter Producer Cinematographer
2002Géométrie Du RemordsYesYesNoNoShort film
2003RahmaNoYesNoNodirected by Driss Chraïbi
2004Ali J'nah FreestyleYesYesNoNoshort film, produced by Nabil Ayouch
2005Lunati(K)aYesYesNoNoshort film
2005Jardin des RidesYesYesNoNoshort film
2006Heart EdgesNoYesNoNoDirected by Hicham Ayouch
Co-writer with Hicham Ayouch
2007Tissée de mains et d'étoffeNoYesNoNoDirected by Omar Chraïbi
2007La beauté éparpilléeNoYesNoNoDirected by Lahcen Zinoun
Co-writer with Lahcen Zinoun and Fatima Loukili
2010 Terminus des anges YesYesNoNoCo-director with Narjiss Nejjar and Mohamed Mouftakir
Co-writer with Narjiss Nejjar, Mohamed Mouftakir and Mehdi Ben Attia
2011The EndYesYesNoNoFirst feature film
2011AndroidYesYesNoYesShort video
2013C'est eux les chiens...YesYesNoNo
2013YmmaNoYesNoNoDirected and produced by Rachid El Ouali
2014 The Sea Is Behind YesYesYesNoCo-producer with Lamia Chraibi
2015 Starve Your Dog YesYesYesNo
2017 Headbang Lullaby YesNoNoNo
2018 Jahilya YesYesYesNo
2018YtoNoYesNoNoDirected by Noureddine Ayouch
2019Love in AleppoYesYesNoNoShort film
2019Nayda?YesYesNoNoDocumentary film
2023Coup de tamponNoYesNoNoDirected by Rachid El Ouali

Co-writer with Rachid El Ouali

2023Moroccan Badass GirlYesYesYesNoCo-producer with Achraf Saad

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006TiwargaArt directorTelevision film
2007L'os de ferDirector, writerTelevision film
2008TiphinaRDirector, writerTelevision film
2008Houti HoutaArt directorTelevision film
2009Le peuple de l’horlogeDirector, writerTelevision film
2009la famille marche à l’ombreDirector, writerTelevision film

Co-Writer with Youssef Karami

2016Nhar ZwineDirector, writerTelevision film
2017Moul Al-IhsaDirectorTelevision film
2018Fok SehhabDirector, writerTelevision series
2019Hami Wlad AamiDirectorTelevision series
2022Lotfi NhilaDirector, writerTelevision miniseries

Co-Director with Hamza Atifi

Web series

YearTitleNotes
June 2016No Vaseline Fatwa33 episodes
July 2016Khal Rass (les basanés)6 episodes
November 2016Bissara Overdose7 episodes
December 2016Caca-Mind5 episodes

Novels

Graphic novels

References

  1. "Hicham Lasri, un enfant prodige du cinéma". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. "La machine " Hicham Lasri freestyle " est en route". Jeunes Du Maroc. 2010-01-05. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bennani, Mohamed (2016-01-13). "Hicham Lasri, cinéaste autodidacte et écrivain tout-terrain". Medias24 (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  4. Higbee, Will (2019-07-02). "Introduction : le cinéma maghrébin transnational sous toutes ses formes" . Expressions maghrébines. 18 (1): 7–17. doi:10.1353/exp.2019.0000. ISSN   2475-2401. S2CID   198813396.
  5. ""Nayda", votre documentaire à regarder sur 2M, ce dimanche 06 octobre à 21h45". 2M (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  6. "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat". Libération (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  7. Newman, Nick (29 December 2023). "Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza". The Film Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  8. "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire". The Jerusalem Post . 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.