Ahmed Bouanani

Ahmed Bouanani photographed by his brother Mohamed in 1970

Ahmed Bouanani (Casablanca, 16 November 1938 - Demnate, 6 February 2011) was a Moroccan film director, poet and novelist. He was best known from the 1979 film The Mirage, which featured as no.61 on the list of the best and most important 100 Arabic films, which was commissioned by the 10th Dubai International Film Festival in 2013.[1]

In 1983, he also made a comic strip for the newspaper Al Maghrib.[2]

In addition to filmmaking, Bouanani wrote three collections of poetry and one novel, The Hospital (1989), translated into English by Lara Vergnaud and published by New Directions in 2018.[3]

His daughter Touda Bouanani is also a filmmaker, and the keeper of the family archives.[4]

Bibliography

• The Hospital (L'hôpital, novel)
• The Shutters (Persiennes, poetry)

Filmography

Feature films

• 1979: The Mirage

Short films

• 1968 : 6 et 12 [5]
• 1971 : Mémoire 14 [6]
• 1974 : Les Quatre Sources [7]
• 1996 ː La Marche d’un poète [5]

References

1. "Arab Cinema - Top 100 films - Movie list". MUBI. Retrieved 2023-06-03 – via Dubai International Film Festival.
2. "Ahmed Bouanani". Lambiek Comicyclopedia.
3. Bouanani, Ahmed (2018). The hospital : A tale in black and white. Vergnaud, Lara (trans.). New York: New Directions Publishing. ISBN 9780811225762. OCLC 1022979504.
4. Belmahi, Yasmine. "Touda BOUANANI". 100 FEMMES. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
5. Institut du monde arabe, 2010
6. La Vie éco, 2011
7. La Triennalle 2012