Imane Mesbahi

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Imane Mesbahi
Born1964
Tetouan
NationalityMoroccan
Alma materCairo's Higher Institute of Cinema
Ain Chams University
OccupationActress . filmmaker

Imane Mesbahi (born 1964 in Tetouan) is a Moroccan actress and filmmaker.[1][2][3][4]

Biography[edit]

As a child, Mesbahi starred in the first two feature films directed by her father, renowned filmmaker Abdellah Mesbahi. In the 1980s she directed several short films and studied directing at Cairo's Higher Institute of Cinema, and psychology at Ain Chams University. In 1994 she started making her first feature film, Paradis des pauvres, which was released eight years later.[1][5][6][7]

She is currently General Secretary of the Moroccan Chamber of Film Distributors.[8]

Filmography[edit]

Feature films[edit]

  • Paradis des pauvres (2002)[9]

Short films[edit]

  • Traces sur l'eau (Traces on the Water)[10][11]
  • Une femme dans le tourbillon de la vie (A Woman in the Whirl of Life)[10][11]
  • Une femme mal à l’aise (An Uneasy Woman)[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Personnes | Africultures : Mesbahi Imane". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. ^ "Festival national du film de Tanger: entretien avec la distributrice Imane Mesbahi". medi1news. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  3. ^ "Abdellah Mesbahi et sa fille Imane : passion cinéma". VH Magazine (in French). 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  4. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-958-5.
  5. ^ Hottell, Ruth A.; Pallister, Janis L. (2011-09-16). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-61147-444-2.
  6. ^ Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.
  7. ^ Variety International Film Guide. Andre Deutsch. 2004. ISBN 978-1-902049-96-0.
  8. ^ ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  9. ^ Orlando, Valérie K. (2011-05-05). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-478-4.
  10. ^ a b c Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3.
  11. ^ a b c Martin, Florence (2011-10-13). Screens and Veils: Maghrebi Women's Cinema. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00565-6.