Kamal Derkaoui

Movies

Field Day
Director of Photography
Jen has moved back to her deceased husband’s home town with her daughter to start anew. She unexpectedly finds friendship and romance when she joins the school parent teacher organization.
The Women in Block J
Director of Photography
Three patients and a nurse from a women's psychiatric ward in Casablanca, Morocco, confront their suffering and forge a strong friendship, escaping in occasional nocturnal escapades that slowly help to bring them back to life.
Gingerbread Miracle
Director of Photography
Maya and Alex, old friends from high school, work together over Christmas to sell his uncle’s Mexican bakery famous for its gingerbread cookies that the patrons believe grants wishes.
Imperfect High
Cinematography
Hanna Brooks is the new girl in town who is looking to find her place and fit in at Lakewood High School, which was rocked a couple of years earlier by the shocking drug overdose of a popular student. Hanna suffers from an anxiety disorder and the move to a new school is especially stressful for her. While trying to fit in with the “it” crowd, she finds herself pulled between two boys – a bad boy with a heart of gold, and an alluring, popular rich kid who is not as straight of an arrow as he seems. Her relationship with them sweeps her into a dangerous situation that her mother Deborah must fight to save her from.
They Who Surround Us
Cinematography
An Ukrainian farmer living in Alberta loses his wife in a tragic accident. Guilt and grief send him into an emotional spiral where mysterious and inexplicable events force him to relive traumatic incidents from his childhood in Ukraine.
Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End
Director of Photography
The latest edition of Alex McPherson’s true crime podcast centers on the death of a man whose wife seems certain to be convicted for his murder. Fairly certain that the woman did not kill her husband, it’s up to Alex to figure out who the real killer is as the trial heads toward its conclusion.
Scorched Earth
Director of Photography
In a post-apocalyptic future, bounty hunter Attica Gage pursues a ruthless outlaw at the head of a dangerous criminal gang.
Kindergarten Cop 2
Cinematography
Assigned to recover sensitive stolen data, a gruff FBI agent goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, but the school's liberal, politically correct environment is more than he bargained for.
Painkillers
Director of Photography
Led by Major John Cafferty, a squad of US soldiers are sent on a mission,deep into the mountainous regions of Afghanistan with orders to extract a mysterious top secret package. Now they are back home in a military hospital because they have no memory of what happened to them, or even who they are. In time, they start to recall the strange events that occurred: apparitions that appeared, luring some of them to their deaths and readings of a powerful electromagnetic energy from a strange unearthly power source. But there is no time to dwell on the past, they need to face the bitter truth about how they ended up in Afghanistan to begin with and the betrayals that wiped out their minds and nearly destroyed their lives.
Rabid Dogs
Director of Photography
After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive.
Lucky in Love
Director of Photography
When Mira's April Fool's Day tricks materialize, she finds herself promoted to the perfect job, dating the perfect man and living in the perfect home. Mira's newly upgraded life even involves working with her CEO and her good friend, on a coveted work project. When these seemingly positive changes result in big challenges, Mira realizes that the pursuit of perfection is a fool's errand. In order to achieve a life that's perfect for her, Mira must let go of perfection and chase what brings her true happiness.
Dangerous Intuition
Director of Photography
Kate Aldrich, a successful career woman is devastated when her husband leaves her for stay at home mom, Laura, with whom she is forced to share custody of her beloved daughter, Izzy. But Kate's despair soon turns to terror as she begins to have intense visions that Izzy is in mortal danger -- and becomes convinced that Laura is the threat
Frontiers
Cinematography
Maité goes to the city of Laayoune where Dahmane is waiting for het to produce a documentary program about the Moroccan Sahara. the reality she discovers there does not match at all what she could have figured out....
Pillow Secrets
Director of Photography
A young woman, who is in charge of an orphanage, is summoned by the police to help identify a corpse. On this day, she will witness a painful confrontation with a smalll town, its past, and the many characters who seem to be following her.
Holiday Spin
Director of Photography
Blake and his mother Roxy live in Charlotte, NC. Roxy owns a dance studio and Blake is looking forward to a career as a fighter.
Radio Rebel
Cinematography
High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM radio station, which happens to be owned by her stepfather. When a slot opens up at The SLAM, Tara surprises herself by blossoming behind the mike into confident, "Radio Rebel" -- and to everyone's shock, she's a hit!
The Tall Man
Director of Photography
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Andalusia, My Love!
Director of Photography
Said and Amine are two students from Casablanca dreaming of Europe. They end up in a small village in the North of Morocco. With the help of the schoolteacher, they leave for the European coast on board a small boat. They are shipwrecked. The sea washes Amine back onto the coast of the village. Said is washed away on a Spanish beach. Spain seems strange to Said. And in the Moroccan village, Amine notices strange things happening...
The Search for Santa Paws
Director of Photography
In the tradition of disney's classic holiday tales comes a heartwarming movie about the power of giving and the true meaning of christmas. Discover how the legendary friendship of Santa Claus and Santa Paws began in the inspiring original film, The Search For Santa Paws. When Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost the spirit of the season, they take a trip to New York City. But after Santa loses his memory, it's up to Paws, a faithful orphan named Quinn, her new friend Will, and a wonderful group of magical talking dogs to save St. Nick and show the world what Christmas is really all about.
Santa Buddies
Director of Photography
When Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and the world begins to forget the true meaning of the season, it's up to Puppy Paws and his newfound Buddies to journey back to the North Pole and save Christmas.
Space Buddies
Cinematography
B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, and all the rest of the Buddies are back, but this time, they're setting their sights even higher -- as in, the moon! With the help of their new pals Spudnick (voiced by Jason Earles) and Gravity, these pooches are go for launch. But to pull off their moon landing and make it home safely, our canine heroes will have to summon all their bravery and imagination...
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
Director of Photography
A mysterious death of a young college student occurs late one night at a prestigious New England college...
Snow Buddies
Camera Operator
Dylan Sprouse, Jim Belushi and Kris Kristofferson lend their voices to this family-friendly tale about a feisty pack of golden retriever puppies that embarks on an Alaskan adventure. When they find themselves stranded in the northern wilderness, the canine offspring of famed sports star Air Bud team up with an experienced sled dog and a husky pup, who teach them the importance of working together.
Snow Buddies
Director of Photography
Dylan Sprouse, Jim Belushi and Kris Kristofferson lend their voices to this family-friendly tale about a feisty pack of golden retriever puppies that embarks on an Alaskan adventure. When they find themselves stranded in the northern wilderness, the canine offspring of famed sports star Air Bud team up with an experienced sled dog and a husky pup, who teach them the importance of working together.
Women's Road
Director of Photography
Amina is on a trip to the North where her husband is imprisoned for a drug case. When her car breaks down, she meets Lalla Rahma, an old lady who must also go to the North to make sure that her son did not die while illegally crossing the sea to Europe.
Judicial Indiscretion
Cinematography
A federal judge’s life is disrupted by sexual assault, blackmail and murder after she’s put on the shortlist to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat.
Judicial Indiscretion
Director of Photography
A federal judge’s life is disrupted by sexual assault, blackmail and murder after she’s put on the shortlist to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat.
The Dark Room
Cinematography
Based on Jaouad Mdidech’s renowned account, La chambre noire is a powerful reconstruction and reflection on the horror of what Moroccans have called the “Leaden Years,” when the government enforced an oppression of Political dissenters.
Firefight
Director of Photography
Fireman Steve and helicopter pilot George rob an armored truck. To hide the evidence and get away, the duo starts a fire that grows into an inferno engulfing a forest. Further complicating matters is the psychopathic Wolf and his gang.
Betraying Reason
Director of Photography
Reason Boles is on a mission to stop loggers from destroying his family's ancestral land. In a chance encounter, he meets Addy and her 7-year-old daughter Bell, who are fleeing their past in the hopes of starting a new life. Together, Reason and Addy are given the chance to transcend the violence in their lives, or be destroyed by it.
Jawhara Fille de Prison
Cinematography
Jawhara has grown in prison after the rape of her mother, Safia, and has lived for six years behind bars by her mother's side. Through her innocent vision, Jawhara grew up looking and watching the world of families telling the story that brought her mother together with her alleged father Saeed. Saeed and Safiya lived together a period of youth marked by enthusiasm and ideal values. Inhuman living conditions. Jewel's search for the truth of her mother and father's story leads her to tragedy...
منى صابر
Cinematography
A girl lives with her mother in Paris. Her life changes when she finds out that her father lives in Morocco and embarks on a journey to find him.
Provisional Title
A film that describes how someone who is haunted by the idea of death learns to suffer.