Ismaël Ferroukhi

Ismaël Ferroukhi (born June 26, 1962 in Kenitra , Morocco ) is a French-Moroccan film director and screenwriter .

life and work

Ferroukhi was born in Morocco in 1962 and grew up in a small town in the south of France. In 1993 he made the short film L'exposé , with which he received the Prix SACD and the Prix Kodak for the best short film in Cannes and also won over the audience and jury at the national film festival in Tangier (Morocco). A second short film, L'inconnu , was made in 1996; one of the actors was Catherine Deneuve . Ismaël Ferroukhi has also worked as a screenplay co-writer for three films by Cédric Kahn : Trop de bonheur (1994), Culpabilité zéro (1996) and L'Avion - The Magic Airplane (2005). He also worked as a television producer.

Filmography (selection)

As a director

1993: L'exposé (short film)
1996: L'inconnu (TV short film)
1997: Un été aux hirondelles (TV)
1999: Gangster and Son (Petit Ben) (TV)
2004: The Great Journey (Le grand voyage)
2007: Enfances - La paire de chaussures (short film)
2010: The free people (Les hommes libres)

As a screenwriter

1994: Glück (Trop de bonheur) - Director: Cédric Kahn
1996: Culpabilité zéro (TV) - Director: Cédric Kahn
1999: Gangster and Son (Petit Ben) (TV)
2004: The Great Journey (Le grand voyage)
2005: L'Avion - The Magic Airplane (L'avion) - Director: Cédric Kahn
2010: The free people (Les hommes libres)

Awards

Prix spécial du jury, Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 1993 for L'exposé
Prix SACD du meilleur court-métrage, Cannes International Film Festival 1993 for L'exposé
Prix Kodak for L'exposé
In the official selection at the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival with Les hommes libres for L'exposé
Venice International Film Festival 2004: Award for the best debut film (Leone del futuro) for The Great Journey
Festival International du Film Francophone in Namur 2004: Prix Spécial du Jury for The Great Journey
Dubai International Film Festival 2004: Opening film for The Great Journey
Internationales Filmfestival Freiburg 2005: Opening film ( information about the film ) for The Great Journey
International Film Festival of Mar del Plata 2005: "Astor de Oro", that is the award for best film for The Great Journey

Web links

Ismaël Ferroukhi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Le grand voyage ( Memento from April 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Page from arsenalfilm

notes

^ Curtain rises on Dubai's first film festival. (No longer available online.) In: Dubai International Film Festival online. December 6, 2004, archived from the original on October 20, 2007 ; Retrieved February 16, 2008 . (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Ferroukhi, Ismaël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French-Moroccan film director
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kenitra , Morocco

[1] Curtain rises on Dubai's first film festival. (No longer available online.) In: Dubai International Film Festival online. December 6, 2004, archived from the original on October 20, 2007 ; Retrieved February 16, 2008 . (English)