Asmae El Moudir

• Name — Asmae El Moudir • Born — 16 February 1990 • Birthplace — Salé, Morocco • Occupation — Abdelmalek Essaâdi University • Notable Works — Thank God It's Friday

El Moudir holds a master's degree in documentary cinema from the Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in Tetouan, and a master's degree in production at the Superior Institute of Information and Communication of Rabat in Rabat. She graduated in 2010 from the Moroccan Film Academy in Film Directing / Fiction. In 2013, she attended the summer university programme at La Fémis in Paris. After making a number of short films, El Moudir directed The Mother of All Lies, her first feature film. The next year, she directed The Postcard, her first documentary feature film. She has directed documentaries for SNRT, Al Jazeera Documentary, BBC and 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.

• 2010: The Last Bullet (La Dernière balle) • 2011: The Colors of Silence (Les couleurs de silence) • 2013: Thank God It's Friday • 2015: Rough Cut • 2016: Harma • 2019: Guerre oubliée (Forgotten War) • 2020: The Postcard • 2023: The Mother of All Lies • 2026: Don't Let the Sun Go Up On Me (Post-production)