Said Khallaf
{{Short description|Moroccan screenwriter}}
Said Khallaf is a Moroccan screenwriter and director.{{Cite web|title=Said Khallaf|url=https://www.telerama.fr/personnalite/said-khallaf,n5548242,filmographie.php|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Télérama.fr|language=fr}}{{Cite web|title=Personnes {{!}} Africultures : Khallaf Saïd|url=http://africultures.com/personnes/?no=50728|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Africultures|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|title=Saïd Khallaf|url=http://www.spla.pro/file.person.said-khallaf.50728.html|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Spla|language=en}} He is best known for his 2016 film A Mile in My Shoes.
Biography
Khallaf was born in Casablanca. He had emigrated to Canada with the intention of studying software engineering, but ended up pursuing film studies. He joined the Vancouver Film School in 2004 and attended multiple courses and workshops and eventually obtained a bachelor's degree in film studies at the University of Vancouver in 2010.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-24|title=Said Khallaf, le cinéaste du réel et de l'Universel|url=https://maroc-diplomatique.net/said-khallaf-le-cineaste-du-reel-et-de-luniversel/|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Maroc Diplomatique|language=fr-FR}}
Khallaf began his career in Vancouver, performing on stage and co-writing a number of plays. For a year and a half, he produced and directed programs for the Canadian channel M2 (now MTV2).
His feature film A Mile in My Shoes won the Grand Prize at the 17th Tangier Film Festival,{{Cite web|title=" A Mile In My Shoes " rafle le Grand prix du Festival du film de Tanger|url=https://telquel.ma/2016/03/06/mile-in-my-shoes-said-khallaf-rafle-grand-prix-du-17eme-festival-national-du-film-tanger_1486115?fbrefresh=8|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Telquel.ma|language=fr}} the Golden Palm for Best Feature Film at the Arab and European Film Festival in Luxor,{{Cite web|title=Le film marocain "A mile in my shoes" remporte la palme d'or au festival de Louxor|url=https://telquel.ma/2016/02/06/film-marocain-mile-in-my-shoes-remporte-palme-dor-au-festival-louxor_1481471?fbrefresh=7|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Telquel.ma|language=fr}} and FESPACO's Stallion of Yennenga.{{Cite web|title=Le Maroc en force au Festival panafricain du cinéma (Fespaco 2017)|url=https://telquel.ma/2017/02/26/maroc-en-force-au-festival-panafricain-du-cinema-fespaco-2017_1537040?fbrefresh=5|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Telquel.ma|language=fr}} It was screened at the 2016 Downtown Los Angeles FilmFestival.{{Cite web|date=2016-09-22|title=Moroccan Film Series Debuts at 2016 DTLA Film Festival|url=https://dtlaff.com/moroccan-film-series-debuts-at-2016-dtla-film-festival/|access-date=2021-11-12|website=DTLA Film Festival|language=en-US}} It was also selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.{{cite web|date=8 September 2016|title=Morocco is represented at the Oscar presets with "A Mile in My Shoes"|url=http://www.h24info.ma/maroc/culture/le-maroc-represente-aux-preselections-aux-oscars-par-mile-my-shoes/46406|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106075941/http://www.h24info.ma/maroc/culture/le-maroc-represente-aux-preselections-aux-oscars-par-mile-my-shoes/46406|archive-date=6 November 2016|access-date=8 September 2016|work=h24info}}{{cite web|date=8 September 2016|title=Oscars: Morocco Selects 'A Mile in My Shoes' As Foreign Language Entry|url=http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/09/196378/oscars-morocco-selects-a-mile-in-my-shoes-as-foreign-language-entry/|access-date=8 September 2016|work=Morocco World News}}{{Cite web|date=2017-12-15|title=Durban International Film Festival - A Mile In My Shoes|url=http://www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/index.php/film/item/3192-a-mile-in-my-shoes.html|access-date=2021-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215031815/http://www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/index.php/film/item/3192-a-mile-in-my-shoes.html|archive-date=2017-12-15}}{{Cite web|title=:: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::|url=https://www.ccm.ma/actualite-1331|access-date=2021-11-12|website=www.ccm.ma}}
Filmography
= Feature films =
- 2016: A Mile in My Shoes (Massafat Mile Bihidayi){{Cite web|title=Films {{!}} Africultures : A mile in my shoes (Massafat Mile Bihidayi)|url=http://africultures.com/films/?no=18464|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Africultures|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|title=A Mile in My Shoes - MAD Distribution Films|url=http://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie111534.php|access-date=2021-11-12|website=mad-distribution.film|language=en}}
- 2017: Comedy (La Comédie){{Cite web|title=Films {{!}} Africultures : Comédie (La) - لاكوميدي|url=http://africultures.com/films/?no=19929|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Africultures|language=fr-FR}}
- 2019: Les égarés{{Cite web|title=Said Khallaf prépare son deuxième long métrage "Les Egarés"|url=https://aujourdhui.ma/culture/cinema/said-khallaf-prepare-son-deuxieme-long-metrage-les-egares|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Aujourd'hui le Maroc|language=fr-FR}}
- 2019: Ouyoun Ghaima (TV Series) {{Citation |title=Ouyoun Ghaima |date=2019-10-08 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34540947/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_c_3 |access-date=2024-12-16 |others=Maha El Boukhari, Abdellatif Chaouqi, Abdellah Lebkiri |publisher=Ciné-Scène International}}
- 2023: Ould L Fchouche (TV Series) {{Citation |title=Ould L Fchouche |date=2023-04-04 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29579908/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_1 |access-date=2024-12-16}}