Maryam Touzani

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Maryam Touzani at the premiere for the film Adam in Cannes in May 2019

Maryam Touzani ( Arabic مريم التوزاني, DMG Maryam at-Tūzānī ; * July 18, 1980 in Tangier ) is a Moroccan film actress , screenwriter and film director .

Life

Maryam Touzani was born in Tangier in 1980, where she spent her youth. After studying in London, she began working as a journalist specializing in cinema. She then became a screenwriter and director of short and documentary films. In 2011 her short film Quand ils dorment (When They Sleep) is her first film. In 2014 she made the documentary Sous Ma Vieille Peau about prostitution in Morocco. This documentary turned into the film Much Loved , which was released in 2015, directed by Nabil Ayouch and in which Touzani was involved in the script. In 2015 she made her second short film Aya va à la plage (Aya goes to the beach) about the exploitation of young children as domestic workers.

She is the first actress in the 2017 film Razzia , which she wrote with her husband, director Nabil Ayouch, and in which she plays Salima, one of the leading roles.

In 2019 she directed her first feature film, Adam . This was selected for the Cannes Film Festival , in the Un Certain Regard section , in the Queer Palm competition and at the 12th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival .

Filmography

As a director and writer

  • 2011: Quand ils dorment (short film)
  • 2014: Sous Ma Vieille Peau (documentary)
  • 2015: Aya va à la plage (short film)
  • 2019: Adam (feature film)

As a screenwriter and actress

  • 2017: Razzia (feature film)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eliz Brandão: Sem direito a escolhas. In: org.br. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ↑ a b Ils font le cinéma méditerranéen: Maryam Touzani, du journalisme au cinéma. In: huffpostmaghreb.com. web.archive.org, 2018, archived from the original on March 17, 2018 ; accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Africiné. In: africine.org. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ It is counted in the credits under “Research and literary follow-up”.
  5. ↑ LE MATIN: Le Matin - Deux court-métrages marocains en compétition officielle. In: lematin.ma. Le Matin, accessed January 11, 2020 (French).
  6. ↑ admin: Plurielle -. In: plurielle.ma. 2017, accessed on January 11, 2020 (Fri-FR).
  7. ↑ L'actrice et réalisatrice Maryam Touzani a les femmes dans la peau! In: insidefarouche.com. 2018, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  8. ^ "Razzia" de Nabil Ayouch avec Maryam Touzani: Une urgence à tout dire tout de suite d'une société sous tensions ... In: francetvinfo.fr. web.archive.org, 2017, archived from the original on November 18, 2017 ; accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Maryam Touzani nous parle de son film "Adam", selection at the Festival de Cannes 2019 - Al HuffPost Maghreb. In: huffpostmaghreb.com. web.archive.org, 2019, archived from the original on April 19, 2019 ; accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Quels sont les films au fortiel queer au prochain Festival de Cannes? In: komitid.fr. 2019, accessed on January 11, 2020 (French).
  11. ^ "Adam", premier long-métrage de Maryam Touzani, décroche un distributeur français - Al HuffPost Maghreb. In: huffpostmaghreb.com. web.archive.org, 2019, archived from the original on May 11, 2019 ; accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  12. ^ "Adam" de la Marocaine Maryam Touzani en compétition au 12e Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême - Al HuffPost Maghreb. In: huffpostmaghreb.com. web.archive.org, 2019, archived from the original on August 18, 2019 ; accessed on January 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Touzani, Maryam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moroccan film actress, screenwriter and film director
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Tangier