# Hicham Lasri

Hicham Lasri (born April 13, 1977) is a Moroccan comics artist, film director, novelist, producer and screenwriter. He has a special imprint on Moroccan cinema, as his films often deal with topics that are considered taboo in Moroccan society with great boldness.

## Biography

Lasri was born on April 13, 1977, in Casablanca. He grew up in a family of five brothers and a sister. After obtaining a law degree, he changed orientation and begins a career of the playwright. He was a student of the screenwriter Emmanuelle Sardou and the filmmaker Hassan Leghzouli. Then he did an internship supervised by Sylvie Bailly, which allowed him to deepen his training on Sitcoms.

## Career

He became the protégé of Nabil Ayouch and wrote his first screenplay in 2002 for one of his films, La légende d'Arhaz, while also being the screenwriter of Lahcen Zinoun for La beauté éparpillée (2006).
From 2004 to 2006, he worked as director of writing in Nabil Ayouch's company, Ali n’prod, he remained so between April 2006 and June 2007, for the "Film Industry" project. He worked also as an artistic director and took the opportunity to direct Le peuple de l’horloge, an 81-minute fiction.
In 2010, he co-produced Terminus des anges with Narjiss Nejjar and Mohamed Mouftakir. His first solo feature film was The end, produced by Lamia Chraibi and her company La Prod.
In his second movie, C'est eux les chiens... (2013), he made the parallel between the Moroccan riots of 1981 and the February 20 Movement. All in the form of a rather nervous docufiction. After being selected at ACID in Cannes, the film was screened at 32 other international festivals between 2013 and 2015, including FESPACO, Malmo and the Carthage Film Festival. Lasri's other films were also selected four times at the Berlinale between 2014 and 2018.
His first Documentary, Nayda?, looks back at the 2000s Moroccan "Nayda" movement, likened to the Spanish Movida.

## Personal life

In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Lasri signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.

## Works
### Filmography
#### Films

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Producer | Cinematographer | Notes |
| 2002 | Géométrie Du Remords | Yes | Yes | No | No | Short film |
| 2003 | Rahma | No | Yes | No | No | directed by Driss Chraïbi |
| 2004 | Ali J'nah Freestyle | Yes | Yes | No | No | short film, produced by Nabil Ayouch |
| 2005 | Lunati(K)a | Yes | Yes | No | No | short film |
| 2005 | Jardin des Rides | Yes | Yes | No | No | short film |
| 2006 | Heart Edges | No | Yes | No | No | Directed by Hicham Ayouch Co-writer with Hicham Ayouch |
| 2007 | Tissée de mains et d'étoffe | No | Yes | No | No | Directed by Omar Chraïbi |
| 2007 | La beauté éparpillée | No | Yes | No | No | Directed by Lahcen Zinoun Co-writer with Lahcen Zinoun and Fatima Loukili |
| 2010 | Terminus des anges | Yes | Yes | No | No | Co-director with Narjiss Nejjar and Mohamed Mouftakir Co-writer with Narjiss Nejjar, Mohamed Mouftakir and Mehdi Ben Attia |
| 2011 | The End | Yes | Yes | No | No | First feature film |
| 2011 | Android | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Short video |
| 2013 | C'est eux les chiens... | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 2013 | Ymma | No | Yes | No | No | Directed and produced by Rachid El Ouali |
| 2014 | The Sea Is Behind | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Co-producer with Lamia Chraibi |
| 2015 | Starve Your Dog | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | Headbang Lullaby | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2018 | Jahilya | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | Yto | No | Yes | No | No | Directed by Noureddine Ayouch |
| 2019 | Love in Aleppo | Yes | Yes | No | No | Short film |
| 2019 | Nayda? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Documentary film |
| 2023 | Coup de tampon | No | Yes | No | No | Directed by Rachid El Ouali Co-writer with Rachid El Ouali |
| 2023 | Moroccan Badass Girl | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Co-producer with Achraf Saad |

#### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Tiwarga | Art director | Television film |
| 2007 | L'os de fer | Director, writer | Television film |
| 2008 | TiphinaR | Director, writer | Television film |
| 2008 | Houti Houta | Art director | Television film |
| 2009 | Le peuple de l’horloge | Director, writer | Television film |
| 2009 | la famille marche à l’ombre | Director, writer | Television film Co-Writer with Youssef Karami |
| 2016 | Nhar Zwine | Director, writer | Television film |
| 2017 | Moul Al-Ihsa | Director | Television film |
| 2018 | Fok Sehhab | Director, writer | Television series |
| 2019 | Hami Wlad Aami | Director | Television series |
| 2022 | Lotfi Nhila | Director, writer | Television miniseries Co-Director with Hamza Atifi |

#### Web series

| Year | Title | Notes |
| June 2016 | No Vaseline Fatwa | 33 episodes |
| July 2016 | Khal Rass (les basanés) | 6 episodes |
| November 2016 | Bissara Overdose | 7 episodes |
| December 2016 | Caca-Mind | 5 episodes |

### Novels

* Stati©: roman à facettes. Eddif. 2009. ISBN 978-9954-1-0261-9.
* Sainte Rita. Le Fennec. 2015. ISBN 978-9954-1-6772-4.
* L'improbable fable de lady bobblehead. Les Éditions Rimal. 2020. ISBN 978-9920-9973-1-7.
* L’effet Lucifer. Editions Onze. 2021. ISBN 978-9920-9107-2-9.

### Graphic novels

* Vaudou. Editions Le Fennec. 2015. ISBN 978-9954-1-6802-8.
* Fawda. Kulte. 2017. ISBN 978-9954-9-6053-0.