Karim Debbagh

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Karim Debbagh (born January 25, 1972, in Tangier) is a Moroccan film producer.

Life and work

In 1997 Debbagh went to Germany to study Film Production at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. In 2002 he finished his studies, and received his diploma. Afterward. Debbagh worked as line producer and unit production manager in Germany. Debbagh returned to his hometown of Tangier in 2003. There he founded his production company Kasbah-Films Tangier GmbH, which has produced and coproduced various international films.

Personal life

Karim Debbagh was a friend of the American composer and author Paul Bowles.[http://www.paulbowles.org/photosfriendsfive.html Official website, which contains information about the life and the works of Paul Bowles as composer and author.]

Filmography

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Year

! Title

! Director

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rowspan=1|1993

| Am Strand von Merkela

| Frieder Schlaich

| Short

rowspan=1|1995

| Paul Bowles - Halbmond

| {{ill|Irene von Alberti|de}} & Frieder Schlaich (2)

|

rowspan=1|1997

| Gegenwelt Rauschgift

| Peter Leippe

| TV movie

rowspan=1|1998

| Inner City Blues

| Marc Schölermann

| Short

rowspan=2|2000

| Walpurgisnacht

| Jonas Greulich

| Short

Tanger - Legende einer Stadt

| Peter Goedel

| Documentary

rowspan=1|2001

| Morakko und der beste Mensch der Welt

| Sven Abel

|

rowspan=1|2002

| Liveschaltung

| Michael Dreher

| Short

rowspan=4|2004

| Soundless

| Mennan Yapo

|

SommerHundeSöhne

| Cyril Tuschi

|

Rain Is Falling

| Holger Ernst

| Short

Der Stich des Skorpion

| Stephan Wagner

| TV movie

rowspan=1|2005

| Herencia flamenca

| Michael Meert

| Documentary

rowspan=6|2006

| Klang der Ewigkeit

| Bastian Clevé

|

Fair Trade

| Michael Dreher (2)

| Short

Unter kaiserlicher Flagge

| Jürgen Stumpfhaus

| TV movie

Durchbruch bei Suez

| Axel Engstfeld

| Documentary

Paul Bowles' Moroccan Friends

| Karim Debbagh & Frieder Schlaich (3)

| Documentary

Mädchengeschichten

| Irene von Alberti (2)

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=4|2007

| Fata Morgana

| Simon Groß

|

Chambr'a

| Rachid Cheikh

| Short

Blut und Honig

| Wolfgang Bergmann, Kai Christiansen & Irene Langemann

| Documentary

Die Juden - Geschichte eines Volkes

| Sabine Klauser & Nina Koshofer

| TV series (5 episodes)

rowspan=4|2008

| The Objective

| Daniel Myrick

|

Kronos. Ende und Anfang

| Olav F. Wehling

|

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| Irene von Alberti (3)

|

The African Twintowers

| Christoph Schlingensief

| Documentary

rowspan=3|2009

| Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore

| Michael Dreher

|

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| Lancelot von Naso

|

The 8

| Several

|

rowspan=5|2010

| Zohra: A Moroccan Fairy Tale

| Barney Platts-Mills

|

The Taking of Prince Harry

| Alexander Marengo

| TV movie

Die Frau des Schläfers

| Edzard Onneken

| TV movie

Romanzo criminale – La serie

| Stefano Sollima

| TV series (1 episode)

Gesichter des Islam

|

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=6|2011

| Black Brown White

| Erwin Wagenhofer

|

Traitors

| Sean Gullette

| Short

Coup de soleil

| Karim Debbagh (2)

| Short

Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund

| Ben Verbong

| TV movie

Flirtcamp

| Oliver Dommenget

| TV movie

Fischer fischt Frau

| Lars Jessen

| TV movie

rowspan=6|2012

| Say Goodbye to the Story (ATT 1/11)

| Christoph Schlingensief (2)

| Short

The Curse

| Fyzal Boulifa

| Short

AL Hadaf-La Cible

| Munir Abbar

| Short

Willkommen im Krieg

| Oliver Schmitz

| TV movie

The Kidnap Diaries

| Norman Hull

| TV movie

Trigger Point

| Matthias Hoene

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=7|2013

| Exit Marrakech

| Caroline Link

|

The Patrol

| Tom Petch

|

Traitors

| Sean Gullette (2)

|

Anashim Ketumim

| Hanna Azoulay Hasfari

|

Open Desert

| Robert Krause

|

Die verbotene Frau

| Hansjörg Thurn

| TV movie

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| {{ill|Raymond Ley|de}}

| Documentary

rowspan=5|2014

| The Cut

| Fatih Akin

|

Die Mamba

| Ali Samadi Ahadi

|

Hercules Reborn

| Nick Lyon

|

Three Stones for Jean Genet

| Frieder Schlaich (4)

| Documentary

The Red Tent

| Roger Young

| TV mini-series

rowspan=2|2015

| Never Let Go

| Howard J. Ford

|

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| Kilian Riedhof

| TV movie

rowspan=2|2016

| A Hologram for the King

| Tom Tykwer

|

Army of One

| Larry Charles

|

rowspan=5|2017

| The Yellow Birds

| Alexandre Moors

|

High Wire Act

| Brad Anderson

|

Backstabbing for Beginners

| Per Fly

|

The Nile Hilton Incident

| Tarik Saleh

|

Blackline: The Beirut Contract

| Christian Johnston

|

rowspan=1|2018

| Untitled Arab Spring Project

| Jason Wulfsohn

|

2022

| The Damned Don’t Cry

| Fyzal Boulifa

|

2023

| Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes

| Robert Schwentke

|

Awards

Source:[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1472462/awards?ref_=nm_awd IMDb.com: Karim Debbagh - Awards] In: IMDb.com. Retrieved 14 March 2022

  • 2012: Dubai International Film Festival - Nominated for the Muhr Arab Award in the category Best Film - Short for The Curse
  • 2013: Tangier Mediterranean Short Film Festival - Festival Award in the category Best Film for AL Hadaf-La Cible

References

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