Director
Jillali Ferhati
December 31, 1948 · 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.
Often works with
Maribel Verdú
2 titles together
El sueño de Tánger, Badis
Fatima Loukili
2 titles together
The Beach of Lost Children, Memory in Detention
Bachir Skiredj
2 titles together
Badis, A Breach in the Wall
Naima Lamcharki
2 titles together
Badis, La grande villa
Fatima Herandi Raouya
2 titles together
Pillow Secrets, Memory in Detention
Full filmography · 11
Al Massira: The Green March
as Old Ali
2016
Pillow Secrets
cast and Director
2013
La grande villa
cast
2010
Memory in Detention
cast and Writer and Director
2004
Braids
Director
2000
El sueño de Tánger
cast
1991
The Beach of Lost Children
Director
1991
Badis
cast
1989
Red Dolls
Director
1981
The Big Trip
cast
1981
A Breach in the Wall
cast and Director
1978