Jillali Ferhati ( ar, الجيلالي فرحاتي, born in 1948) is a
Moroccan filmmaker
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...
.
Biography
Ferhati was born in 1948 in Aït Ouahi near
Khémisset
Khemisset (Amazigh language: Zemmur, ar, الخميسات) is an Amazigh town in northern Morocco with a population of 131,542 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is situated on the A2 motorway between Rabat (81 km) and Meknès (57&nbs ...
but grew up in
Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...
. He studied sociology and literature in Paris and then launched his career in theater, working as an actor and director at the Theatre International in Paris.
In 1982, he founded "Heracles Production", a production company.
His debut in cinema was in 1978 with the feature film ''Brèche dans le mur'' (''A Breach In the Wall''), selected for the
Semaine de la Critique
Critics' Week (french: link=no, Semaine de la critique), until 2008 called International Critics' Week ('), is a parallel section to the Cannes Film Festival organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created in 1962 after the Fre ...
at the
Cannes Film Festival
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.
His 1982 film ''Arais Min Kassab '' was screened at the
1982 Cannes Film Festival
The 35th Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 26 May 1982. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to '' Missing'' by Costa Gavras and ''Yol'' by Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney.
The festival opened with the 1916 film ''Intolerance'', directed b ...
in the
Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...
section, and his 1991 film ''
The Beach of Lost Children'' was entered into the main competition at the
48th edition of the
Venice Film Festival
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.
He is married to the director and screenwriter
Farida Benlyazid
Farida Benlyazid (born March 18, 1948, Tangier, Morocco) is a Moroccan scriptwriter, producer, production manager, novelist, and director. She began working in the field of cinema and cinematic production in the seventies. According to Sandra Gay ...
, who often collaborated with him.
Filmography
* 1978: A Breach in the Wall / Charkhun fi-l hâ'it
* 1981 : Poupées de roseau / Araïs min qasab (Arais Min Kassab)
* 1986: The Dream of Tangiers
* 1991 :
The Beach of Lost Children / Shâtiu al-atfâl al-mafoûdin
* 1995: Horses of fortune / Kuius al-has
* 1995 : Five films for a hundred years
* 2000 : Braids
* 2004 : Memory in detention
* 2009: From dawn
* 2013 : Sarirou Al Assrar (Pillow secrets , Secrets d'oreiller)
* 2016-2017 : Ultimate revolt
References
External links
* {{IMDb name
1947 births
Living people
People from Khemisset
Moroccan film actors
Moroccan film directors
Moroccan film producers
Moroccan screenwriters