Sofia Alaoui

Directing

She/Her

Sofia Alaoui is a French-Moroccan filmmaker, raised between Morocco and China. Featured as one of Screen Daily’s Arab Stars of Tomorrow, she has credits including the short films So What If the Goats Die (Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize 2020, César Awards Best Short Film 2021), followed by The Lake for 20th Century Fox, broadcast on Hulu. Animalia is her feature debut.

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So What If the Goats Die

Executive Producer

Science Fiction

Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save this cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.

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Animalia

Science Fiction

Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.

Ghost Mode

In the suburbs of Paris, a small group of teenagers spend time together during the summer holidays. One day, Kenza, one of the girls from the group, does not appear at the scheduled time. She does not answer her phone, and she is disconnected from all the apps.

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Casa Girls

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Animalia

Science Fiction

Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.

Movies (Production)

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So What If the Goats Die

Executive Producer

Children of Nablus

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