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Farida Benlyazid

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Moroccan film director

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Farida Benlyazid is a Moroccan scriptwriter, producer, production manager, novelist, and director. She began working in the field of cinema and cinematic production in the seventies. According to Sandra Gayle Carter, author of What Moroccan Cinema?

Filmography 10

A Door to the Sky1989
Women's Wiles1999
In Search of My Wife's Husband1993
Badis1989
Casablanca, Casablanca2002
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni2005
Five Films for a Hundred Years1995
Niya Taghlab2000
Frontiers2013
Casanayda!2007

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Farida Benlyazid is a Moroccan scriptwriter, producer, production manager, novelist, and director. She began working in the field of cinema and cinematic production in the seventies. According to Sandra Gayle Carter, author of What Moroccan Cinema? : A Historical and Critical Study, Benlyazid continues to be one of the few Moroccan women in the field. From the start of her career up until 2003, she was the one of the few female filmmaker in Morocco. Benlyazid's films, novel adaptations, documentaries and scripts have garnered much international recognition. She has become known for representing the struggles and obstacles faced by Moroccan women and incorporating her own personal experiences into her scripts and films.

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Directors
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Movie Director
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living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78
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