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Sofia Alaoui

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Sofia Alaoui

Sofia Alaoui is a French-Moroccan filmmaker, raised between Morocco and China. Featured as one of Screen Daily’s Arab Stars of Tomorrow, she has credits including the short films So What If the Goats Die (Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize 2020, César Awards Best Short Film 2021), followed by The Lake for 20th Century Fox, broadcast on Hulu. Animalia is her feature debut.

Known For

AnimaliaAnimalia · 2023
Animalia
★ 6.02023
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.
The LakeThe Lake · 2020
The Lake
2020
Movie
A Moroccan woman and her American boyfriend hike in the Atlas Mountains where they witness a strange meteorite crash.
So What If the Goats DieSo What If the Goats Die · 2021
So What If the Goats Die
★ 6.32021
MovieScience FictionDrama
Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save this cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.
Blood BrotherBlood Brother · 2025
Blood Brother
2025
MovieDramaCrime
Parent and husband, Younes is also the bodyguard of a minister threatened with death by a group of terrorists
La dernière colonieLa dernière colonie · 2022
La dernière colonie
2022
MovieDrama
Ghost ModeGhost Mode · 2018
Ghost Mode
2018
MovieDrama
In the suburbs of Paris, a small group of teenagers spend time together during the summer holidays. One day, Kenza, one of the girls from the group, does not appear at the scheduled time. She does not answer her phone, and she is disconnected from all the apps.
Children of NablusChildren of Nablus · 2015
Children of Nablus
2015
MovieDocumentary
In one of the largest refugee camp of West Bank, near Nablus, a writing and directing workshop offers to children the possibility to develop their creativity and their freedom of speech, usually trampled.

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