Sofia Alaoui

Sofia Alaoui

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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.

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Sofia Alaoui

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Animalia
Animalia
Screenplay
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.
Animalia
Animalia
Director
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 Lake
The Lake
Writer
A Moroccan woman and her American boyfriend hike in the Atlas Mountains where they witness a strange meteorite crash.
The Lake
The Lake
Director
A Moroccan woman and her American boyfriend hike in the Atlas Mountains where they witness a strange meteorite crash.
So What If The Goats Die
So What If The Goats Die
Director
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.
So What If The Goats Die
So What If The Goats Die
Writer
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.
Ghost Mode
Ghost Mode
Director
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 Nablus
Children of Nablus
Director
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.
La meute
La meute
Director