Person

Jillali Ferhati

Directing · Born 1948-12-31 · khemisset, Morocco

Jilali Ferhati is a Moroccan filmmaker, was born in 1948, in Aït Ouahi near Khémisset but grew up in Tangier. 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 at the Cannes Film Festival. His 1982 film Arais Min Kassab was screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight 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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  The Beach of Lost Children

  Director

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  Braids

  Producer

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  The Big Trip

  1981

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  Memory in Detention

  2004

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  Red Dolls

  Director

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  Badis

  1989

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  A Breach in the Wall

  1978

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  Pillow Secrets

  2013

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  La grande villa

  2010

• Make-Believe Horses

  Director

• 2016Al Massira: The Green MarchOld Ali
• 2013Pillow Secrets
• 2010La grande villa
• 2004Memory in Detention
• 2000BraidsProducer
• 1995Make-Believe HorsesDirector
• 1991El sueño de Tánger
• 1991The Beach of Lost ChildrenDirector
• 1989Badis
• 1981Red DollsDirector
• 1981The Big Trip
• 1978A Breach in the Wall