Fatima Jebli Ouazzani is a Moroccan film director.
Life
Born in
Meknes
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,
Ouazzani moved to the Netherlands with her family in 1970. She left home at eighteen, and briefly studied psychology before enrolling at the Dutch Film School in
Amsterdam
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, where she graduated with a degree in directing and scriptwriting in 1992.
[Fatima Jebli Ouazzani]
''Women Make Movies''.
''In My Father's House'' (1997) was a feature-length documentary dealing with Ouazzani's own struggles with the patriarchal gender expectations of her Moroccan family. The film debuted at the 1998
San Francisco Film Festival,
[ where it won the Golden Spire Award.]Golden Calf for Best Long Documentary
The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf for best Long Documentary at the NFF.
* 2023 Mercedes Stalenhoef - Mijn Grote Broer
* 2022 Shamira Raphaëla - Shabu
* 2021 Els van Driel and Eefje Blankevoort - Shadow Game
* 2020 Sandra Bee ...
at the Netherlands Film Festival and the Iris Prize
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Best European Documentary.
Filmography
* (as assistant director) '' Het labyrint der lusten'' abyrinth of Lust 1991.
* (for continuïty) ''(De Tranen van Maria Matchita)'', 1991 VPRO TV
* (as writer & director) '' Voorbij De Jaren Van Onschuld'' (Innocence Lost) fiction 1991
* (as writer & director) ''De Kleine Hélène'' (Little Hélène) fiction 1992 AVRO TV
* (as writer & director) ''In het huis van mijn vader'' n My Father's House 1997 Cinema & TV
* (as writer & director) '' Het Was Weer Zondig'' (Sinned Again) 2001 IKON TV
* (as writer & director) ''Als Herinnering Een Moedervlek'' 2006 VPRO TV
* (as writer & director) ''Hier Woon Ik , Daar Leef Ik'' (I Live Here But My Home Is Elsewhere) 2012 NPS TV
References
1959 births
Living people
Moroccan film directors
Dutch film directors
Moroccan women film directors
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