About
Alaa Eddine Aljem studied film at the ESAV Marrakesh and INSAS schools in Brussels. He has worked on several projects for both cinema and television. His films have been selected at festivals around the world, winning several awards. His first feature film script, The Unknown Saint, was awarded at Locarno film festival and selected at La fabrique des cinémas du monde at Cannes and at the Sundance lab. He was recognized by Screen International as one the five Arab Stars of Tomorrow in December 2016.
projects in progress
Smoke and Pray (documentary) - directed by Francesca Duca. A group of religious men
dedicated to both god and the cigarette, who dream of becoming actors and act in one of the various Westerns that used to be shot in Morocco.
God Bless Mora (documentary) - directed by Mohamed Bouhari. Explores a time during the colonial period when French offi cer Felix Mora was sent to recruit mine workers from the Moroccan Atlas mountains. Feature-length documentary.
finished projects
Memories from the Future (documentary) - 2017, written and directed by Francesca Duca, documentary, 60 min, Morocco/Italy; producer.
Saint Inconnu (fiction) - written and directed by Alaa Eddine Aljem, feature fi lm, 90 min, Morocco/France, 2015.
The Bread Road (documentary) - written and directed by Hicham Elladdaqi, documentary, 61 min, Morocco/France/Belgium, 2015; producer.
The Desert Fish (fiction) - written and directed by Alaa Eddine Aljem, short fi lm, 18 min, Morocco/Qatar, 2013; producer.
Production company
Name: Le Moindre Geste Production
Address: Rue Ibn Atya, Res Picasso, 26 Hivernage, Marrakesh, Morocco
Contact number: +212 656343075
E-mail address: Alaa.e.Aljem@gmail.com
Website: www.lemoindregeste.com
