Bouchra (35), a Moroccan filmmaker in New York, is paralyzed by the fear of the blank page. A phone call with her mother in Casablanca will have memories resurfacing. Their tender yet complex exchange sparks a creative breakthrough, opening a journey through family bonds, daughterhood, and the thrill of love.
Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani
Orian Barki was born in Tel Aviv (Israel). She is a documentary filmmaker based in New York. Her films include the shorts ‘Destiny’ (2016), ‘Jordan Casteel Paints Her Community’ (2017), and ‘Rico Nasty: Countin' Up’ (2019). Meriem Bennani was born in Rabat (Morocco), and lives and works in New York. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union in 2012 after receiving her MFA in Animation from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, France. She has directed the documentary feature ‘Progress vs Regress’ (2016) and the short ‘Life on the CAPS’ (2022). They both together co-directed the animated miniseries ‘2 Lizards’ (2020, acquired by the MoMA Museum and the Whitney Museum for the permanent collection) and ‘Bouchra’ (2025), that had its world premiere at the Platform section at Toronto International Film Festival.
DIRECTOR
Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani
SCREENPLAY
Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani, Ayla Mrabet
CINEMATOGRAPHY
John Michael Boling
ANIMATION
Jason Coombs
EDITOR
Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani
SOUND
Taul Katz
MUSIC
Flavien Berger
PRODUCTION
Ayla Mrabet, Nicole Van Straatum, Octavia Peissel
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Fondazione Prada, 2 Lizards Production, Hi Production
