Director’s Curriculum Vitae
Mohammed Ahed BENSOUDA French and Moroccan nationality
Born in Tetouan, a coastal city in the North of Morocco, July 17th, 1969.
Education: History and French literature
at the Faculty of Science Humanities, Fes, Morocco, from 1989 to 1991.
Filmmaking Studies at the University PARIS 1 – Pantheon –SORBONNE.
B.A. in Art History and Archaeology from the University PARIS 1 – Pantheon –
SORBONNE.
Professional training course on cinematographic techniques at the Association Creation Med Film.
Holder of professional cards: Direction and Production, delivered by the CCM (Moroccan Cinematographic Center) in 1993.
Professional training course in direction at CINETEL, Paris, France.
Diploma of scriptwriting from the Institution of Specialized Education in Cinema and Television (CINECOURS), Quebec, Canada.
Managing Director of Atlas Casting, the first actor’s agency in Morocco, from 1997 to 2002.
Member of the Dramatic Authors and Composers Society (SACD) Paris, France.
Member of the Guild of African Producers and Directors.
Member of the Commission of Scenario Reading of the CINEMA fund of the Intergovernmental Agency of French-speaking Countries, Paris, France from 2008 to 2010.
Member of the Moroccan Union of Cinema and Television technicians.
Producer and Sole Administrator of the Production Company Les Films 7 SARL.
From 1985 to 2003, a professional career in cinema and television as Actor, Assistant Director, Location Manager, Casting Director, Scriptwriter, Director and Producer.
Languages: Classical Arabic, French, English and Italian.
Director
-2009 Story of a Mchaouchi Wrestler, feature film, 35mm (released in 2009)
-2008 The Return, short film, 35mm (released in 2009)
-2006 The Shadow of the Wolf, feature-length television film for 2M SOREAD
-2005 The Eyes of the Heart, short film, 35mm (released in 2006)
-2005 The Baptism Gift, short film, 35mm (released in 2006)
-2005 Suffering, short film, 35mm (released in 2006)
-2004 The Display Window, short film, 35mm
-2004 R’DA, short film, 35mm
-2003 The Jar, short film, 35mm
-2001 The Raped Silence, short film, 35mm
-1993 The Price of Heedlessness, feature-length television film
* 1st Feature Film: “Story of a Mchaouchi Wrestler”
Prize for Best Director
at the Rotterdam Film Festival CINEMAR 2010, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jury Prize - Young Public
at the 16th International Alternative Film Festival 2010, Rabat, Morocco
Special Jury Mention
at the 6th Muscat International Film Festival 2010, Muscat, Oman
Special Jury Mention for the actor Hicham Bahloul
at the 16th International Alternative Film Festival 2010, Rabat, Morocco
« Official Selections »
Official Selection
The 33rd Cairo International Film Festival 2010, Cairo, Egypt
Arab Film Competition
Official Selection
The 40th International Film Festival of India 2010, Goa, India
Cinema of the World Section
Official Selection
The 17th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival 2010, New York, USA
Official Selection
The 6th Muscat International Film Festival 2010, Muscat, Oman
Official Selection
The 6th CINEMAR Film Festival Of ROTTERDAM 2010, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Official Selection
The 7TH International Pan-African Film Festival of Cannes 2010, Cannes, France
Official Selection
The VI International Festival of Muslim Cinema "Golden Minbar" 2010,
Kazan, Russia
Official Selection
The 32nd International Sportfilm Festival, Rassegna Cinematographica Internazionale 2010, Palermo, Italy
Official Selection
21st edition of the Arabic Film Festival of Fameck 2010, Fameck, France
Official Selection
European Film Festival of Tunis 2010, Tunis, Tunisia
Official Selection
The 11th Moroccan National Film Festival 2010, Tangier, Morocco
Official Selection
International Alternative Film Festival of RABAT 2010, Rabat, Morocco
Arabic Film Competition
Official Selection
The 7th Edition of Trans-Saharan Film Festival of Zagora 2010, Zagora, Morocco
Official Selection
International Cinema Meeting of Dakhla 2010, Dakhla, Morocco
* Short film: R’DA
- Bronze Award at FESPACO, Pan-African Festival of Ouagadougou 2007, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
* Short film: The Raped Silence
- Prize for Best First Film at the 7thMoroccan National Film Festival 2003, Oujda, Morocco
- Special Jury Mention at FESPACO, Pan-African Festival of Ouagadougou 2003, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Producer, LES FILMS 7:
- 2009 Story of a Mchaouchi Wrestler, feature film, 35mm
-2004 The Jar, short film, 35mm
-2003 The Raped Silence, short film, 35mm
-1993 The Price of Heedlessness, feature film in video
Scriptwriter:
- The Price of Heedlessness (feature film) directed
- The Eyes of the Heart (short film) directed
- Suffering (short film) directed
- Story of an Imaginary Ghost (short film) written
- R’da (short film) directed
- Snake Hunter (documentary) written
- The Raped Silence (short film) directed
- The Jar (short film) directed
- Expulsed from the Paris/Casablanca Flight (feature film) in writing
- Short Night (cinema program) in progress
- The Christmas Present (feature film) in writing
- Not Far From Tangier (short film) in writing
- The Trilogy Alhob Warihane (serie) written
- In a Lifetime (short film) in writing
- The Return of Joseph (television series in 30 episodes) in writing
- Essalafia Eljihadia in Morocco (documentary) written
- Fellassa “Gold Prospectors in Fes’s Old City River” (documentary) in writing
- Odors of Andalusia (musical comedy) in writing
- Safha (comedy, feature film) in writing
- Paris – Agadir (feature film) written
- The Return (short film) written
- My Own Christmas (feature film) in writing
- Round Trip (feature film) in writing
- Story of a Mchaouchi Wrestler (feature film) written
- Secrets of a Thousand and One Women (feature film) written
