His films include
Alyam Alyam (1978), the first Moroccan film to be selected in
Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Grand Prize at the
Mannheim Film Festival. He caught international attention when his film
Trances was honored and presented by
Martin Scorsese at the 2007
Cannes Film Festival to inaugurate the
World Cinema Foundation. His film
Les Coeurs brûlés (2007) won the Grand Prize at the
National Film Festival and was awarded many international prizes. His documentary films consistently interrogate colonial history and its impact on Moroccan memory. He directs study groups and educational programs in Morocco and throughout the world. In 2007, he was honored with the title of Officier of the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. ==Filmography==