Bouchra

Shot using 3D animation, Orian Barki and Meriam Bennani’s singular and affecting debut feature Bouchra combines documentary techniques with an inventive narrative structure, exploring the relationship between Bouchra, a queer Moroccan Coyote filmmaker, and her cardiologist mother (also a Coyote), who lives in Casablanca.

Cast

Meriem Bennani

as Bouchra (voice)

Orian Barki

as Yani (voice)

Fayçal Azizi

as Nabila (voice)

Ariana Faye Allensworth

as Nikki (voice)

Hassan Hamdani

as Abdellatif (voice)

Yto Barrada

as Aïcha (voice)

Dounia Berrada

as Aïcha (voice)

Bouchra Benzekri

as Yamna (voice)

Salima Dhaibi

as Lamia (voice)

Lil Patty

as Bello (voice)

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