Bouchra

Sep 5, 2025

1h 23m

★ 0.0

Overview

Shot using 3D animation, Orian Barki and Meriam Bennani’s singular and affecting debut feature Bouchra combines documentary techniques with an inventive narrative structure, exploring the relationship between Bouchra, a queer Moroccan Coyote filmmaker, and her cardiologist mother (also a Coyote), who lives in Casablanca.

Genres

Animation

Drama

Production Companies

Fondazione Prada

2 Lizards

Hi! Production

Bouchra Trailers

Cast

Bouchra (voice)

Meriem Bennani

Yani (voice)

Orian Barki

Nabila (voice)

Fayçal Azizi

Nikki (voice)

Ariana Faye Allensworth

Abdellatif (voice)

Hassan Hamdani

Aïcha (voice)

Yto Barrada

Aïcha (voice)

Dounia Berrada

Yamna (voice)

Bouchra Benzekri

Lamia (voice)

Salima Dhaibi

Bello (voice)

Lil Patty

A collection of gay and lesbian short films. The 8 short films are: My Friend Rachid [Mon copain Rachid] (1998); I Can Just Imagine [Je vois déjà le titre] (1998); Troubled Waters [Ô trouble] (1999); The Abandon [L'abandon] (1996); Paulo and His Brother [Paulo et son frère] (1997); Emma & Louise (2000); The Life of Others [La vie des autres] (2000); Aniel (1998).

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