Known For
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Izza Génini
Biography
Izza Génini was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1942 to a Jewish family. After studying literature and foreign languages at the Sorbonne and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, both in Paris, Génini decided to enter cinema. In 1973, she founded SOGEAV for the distribution of French films in French speaking African nations, distribution of African films abroad, and the production of films El Hal and Transes, the latter of the two directed by Ahmed El Maanouni. Martin Scorsese would later remaster this film in his World Cinema Project, with an interview with Génini included on the disk. In 1987, Génini began the production of a documentary series on traditional Moroccan music called Maroc, corps et âme, or Morocco, Body and Soul, containing fifteen parts.
Known For
Filmography
My Thursday Souk
Herself
A Nuba of Gold and Light
Writer
Drums Beating
Director
Pour le Plaisir des Yeux
Director
Moussem
Director
Return to Oulad Moumen
Director
NUPTIALES EN MOYEN ATLAS
Director
Vibrations in Upper Atlas
Director
Des Luths et Délices
Director
Malhoune
Director
Les Gnaouas
Director
Gnaouas
Director
Rhythms of Marrakech
Director
Hymns of Praise
Director
Aïta
Director
Aïta (Le Cri)
Director
Trances
Producer
Blood Wedding