Ismaël Ferroukhi
Ismaël Ferroukhi (born 26 June 1962) is a French-Moroccan film director and screenwriter.
Ismaël Ferroukhi

Yann Caradec from Paris, France · Avant première du film Les Hommes libres d'Ismaël Ferroukhi - Paris Cinéma · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- 1962 · Kenitra.
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- France
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- film director · screenwriter
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- French
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Ferroukhi was born in Kenitra. He gained exposure with his 1992 short film L'Exposé, which won the Kodak Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Following, Ferroukhi co-wrote the Cédric Kahn film Trop de bonheur (1994). His directorial debut Le Grand Voyage, produced by Humbert Balsan and Ognon Pictures, won the Lion of the Future "Luigi De Laurentiis" Award for a First Feature Film at the 61st Venice Film Festival in 2004.
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Ismaël Ferroukhi, a director and screenwriter, was born on 26 June 1962 in Kenitra, Marokko. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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L'Exposé (1993) (Kodak Short Film Award, 1993 Cannes Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2004) (Nomination: Golden Star, Marrakech International Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2004) (Luigi De Laurentiis Award, Venice Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2005) (Best Film, Mar del Plata Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2006) (Nomination: BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language)

Ismael Ferroukhi le 21 décembre 2021 au cinéma Le Louxor à Paris pour une avant-première du film "Mica"
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