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{{Short description|Moroccan filmmaker}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Asmae El Moudir
| image              = Asmae El Moudir photo.jpg
| caption            = Asmae El Moundir in French Institute in Meknès
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1990|02|16}}
| birth_place        = Salé
| nationality        = Moroccan
| citizenship        = Moroccan
| occupation         = Abdelmalek Essaâdi University
| notable_works      = Thank God It's Friday
}}
'''Asmae El Moudir''' ({{langx|ar|أسماء المدير}}; born 16 February 1990 in [[Salé]])<ref>{{Cite Instagram |postid=BHw41qijRxF |user=asmae_el_moudir |title=16 février |date=12 Jul 2016}}</ref> is a [[Moroccans|Moroccan]] film director, screenwriter and producer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Asmae El Moudir|url=http://www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/en/PastEditions/2020/JuryMember/Asmae%20El%20Moudir|access-date=2021-11-27|website=www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Asmae El Moudir, une réalisatrice qui préfère varier les ateliers d'écriture|url=https://aujourdhui.ma/culture/cinema/asmae-el-moudir-une-realisatrice-qui-prefere-varier-les-ateliers-decriture|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Aujourd'hui le Maroc|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Personnes {{!}} Africultures : El Moudir Asmae|url=http://africultures.com/personnes/?no=26441|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Africultures|language=fr-FR}}</ref> She gained great recognition and national and international fame through her successful documentary ''[[The Mother of All Lies]]'', for which she also won several awards.
== Biography ==
El Moudir holds a [[master's degree]] in documentary cinema from the [[Abdelmalek Essaâdi University]] in [[Tétouan|Tetouan]], and a master's degree in production at the Superior Institute of Information and Communication of Rabat in [[Rabat]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=MATIN|first=O. B, LE|title=Le Matin - Asmae El Moudir reçoit le Prix du meilleur documentaire|url=https://lematin.ma/journal/2021/asmae-el-moudir-recoit-prix-meilleur-documentaire/357316.html|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Le Matin|language=fr}}</ref> She graduated in 2010 from the Moroccan Film Academy in Film Directing / Fiction.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} In 2013, she attended the summer university programme at [[La Fémis]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'Université d'été de La Fémis Bilan et portraits d'anciens lauréats |url=https://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/bilan_ue_maj_26_02_2024.pdf |access-date=25 September 2024 |publisher=[[La Fémis]] |pages=10 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
After making a number of short films, El Moudir directed ''[[The Mother of All Lies]]'', her first feature film.<ref>{{Cite web|last=MATIN|first=LE|title=Le Matin - "Le mensonge originel" d'Asmae El Moudir sélectionné pour la 9e édition de Final Cut in Venice|url=https://lematin.ma/journal/2021/mensonge-originel-dasmae-el-moudir-selectionne-9e-edition-final-cut-in-venice/362509.html|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Le Matin|language=fr}}</ref> The next year, she directed ''The Postcard'', her first documentary feature film.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Attaq|first=Amal El|title=Two Moroccan Films Participate in the Stockholm Arab Film Festival|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/10/345238/two-moroccan-films-participate-in-the-stockholm-arab-film-festival|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Morocco World News|language=en}}</ref>
She has directed documentaries for [[SNRT]], [[Al Jazeera Documentary Channel|Al Jazeera Documentary]], [[BBC]] and [[Al Araby (TV channel)|Al Araby TV]]. She has won important national and international awards which have been screened in Festivals worldwide and presented on co-production markets.
In 2022, she was part of [[Netflix]] Equity Fund with Four Female Arab Filmmakers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gharbi |first=Mishka |date=2022-04-23 |title=Netflix 250 000 dollars à 5 cinéastes dont la marocaine Asmae El Moudir |url=https://www.lecourrierdelatlas.com/netflix-accorde-250-000-dollars-a-cinq-femmes-cineastes-arabes-dont-la-marocaine-asmae-el-moudir/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=lecourrierdelatlas |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* Grand Prix at the International Women's Film Festival in Toronto (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title="Le mensonge originel" d'Asmae El Moudir sélectionné pour la 9ème édition de Final Cut in Venice |url=https://femmesdumaroc.com/actualite/le-mensonge-originel-dasmae-el-moudir-selectionne-pour-la-9eme-edition-de-final-cut-in-venice-70242 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=femmesdumaroc |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* Grand Prix at the IsReal Film Festival in Nuoro (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-29 |title="The Mother of All Lies" by Asmae El Moudir selected for the 9th edition of Final Cut in Venice |url=https://moroccanladies.com/breaking-news/mother-lies-asmae-el-moudir-selected-9th-edition-final-cut-venice-36161 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Moroccan Ladies |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012122926/https://moroccanladies.com/breaking-news/mother-lies-asmae-el-moudir-selected-9th-edition-final-cut-venice-36161 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Directing prizes and the Grand Prix of the El-Ayoun Documentary Film Festival (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-25 |title=مهرجان العيون يتوج "الحرب المنسية" بالجائزة الكبرى |url=https://doc.aljazeera.net/news/مهرجان-العيون-يتوج-الحرب-المنسية-بالج-2/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=الجزيرة الوثائقية |language=ar}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
* 2010: ''The Last Bullet (La Dernière balle)''<ref>{{Cite web |title=filmnat12 |url=https://www.ccm.ma/fnf12/laderniere.html |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.ccm.ma}}</ref>
* 2011: ''The Colors of Silence (Les couleurs de silence)''
* 2013: Thank God It's Friday<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-07 |title=La Fémis a 30 ans |url=https://www.imarabe.org/fr/cinema/la-femis-a-30-ans |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Institut du monde arabe |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Thank God It's Friday (2017) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/thank-god-its-friday-2017/ |language=en |access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref>
* 2015: Rough Cut<ref>{{Cite web |title=Compétition Officielle / official Competition |url=https://www.ccm.ma/13fcmmt/fiches/boutabout.html |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.ccm.ma}}</ref>
* 2016: Harma
* 2019: ''Guerre oubliée (Forgotten War)''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Libé|title="La guerre oubliée" remporte le Grand prix du Festival documentaire sur la culture hassani|url=https://www.libe.ma/La-guerre-oubliee-remporte-le-Grand-prix-du-Festival-documentaire-sur-la-culture-hassani_a114188.html|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Libération|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=APANEWS|title=Maroc : " Guerre oubliée " remporte le Grand Prix du Festival du film sur la culture sahraouie hassanie|url=http://apanews.net/news/maroc-le-film-documentaire-guerre-oubliee-remporte-le-grand-prix-du-festival-du-film-sur-la-culture-sahraouie-hassanie-a-laayoune|access-date=2021-11-27|website=apanews.net|language=fr}}</ref>
* 2020: ''[[The Postcard (2020 film)|The Postcard (Fi Zaouiyati Oummi)]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=MATIN|first=Nadia Ouiddar, LE|title=Le Matin - Le film "Postcard" d'Asmae El Moudir distingué en Italie|url=https://lematin.ma/journal/2021/film-postcard-dasmae-el-moudir-distingue-italie/363804.html|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Le Matin|language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
* 2023: ''[[The Mother of All Lies]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Le mensonge originel'' d'Asmae El Moudir à la 9è édition de Final Cut in Venice|url=https://quid.ma/culture/le-mensonge-originel-d%27asmae-el-moudir-a-la-9e-edition-de-final-cut-in-venice|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Quid.ma|language=fr}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12311786/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Asmae El Moudir - IMDb]
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