Person

Hakim Belabbes

Directing · Born 1961-02-20 · Boujad, Morocco

Hakim Belabbes is a Moroccan-American independent filmmaker. He was born in the Moroccan town of Boujad, where his father owned the only movie theatre. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in American and African literature in 1983 from Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco, and a graduate degree in film and video from Columbia College in Chicago, where he now teaches film direction and production. Belabbes has produced and directed more than 10 films and received several awards.

• Boiling Dreams

  Editor

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  Crossing the Seventh Gate

  Cinematography

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  Collapsed Walls

  Director

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  Why O' Sea?

  Director

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  Whispers

  Director

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  Defining Love: A Failed Attempt

  Writer

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  In Pieces

  Director

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  Boujad: A Nest in the Heat

  Himself

• Fragments

  Director

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  Threads

  Director

• 2023The Story of MScreenplay
• 2022Collapsed WallsDirector
• 2017Crossing the Seventh GateCinematography
• 2017Sweat RainDirector
• 2016The Weight Of The ShadowDirector
• 2012Defining Love: A Failed AttemptWriter
• 2012Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and ReflectionsSelf
• 2011Boiling DreamsEditor
• 2009In PiecesDirector
• 2006Why O' Sea?Director
• 2003ThreadsDirector
• 1999WhispersDirector
• 1992Boujad: A Nest in the HeatHimself
• —FragmentsDirector
• —These HandsDirector
• —Games and Children’s DreamsDirector