Abdelkader Lagtaâ is a Morrocan film director, known for his work in Morocco and French documentaries.

Biography

Born in 1948 in Casablanca

Casablanca

Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

, Abdelkader Lagtaâ graduated from The National Film School in Lodz in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. He directed his first short documentary

Documentary

A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...

 film, "Rabi et la peinture abstraite" in 1984, followed by "Chaïbia" in 1984, and "Kacimi ou le dévoilement" in 1985. He directed his first feature film, "Un amour à Casablanca" in 1991, for which he was also the scriptwriter, editor and producer. When the film was released in Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 the following year it was a great success and was selected to compete in many festivals. In 1995 he directed "Happy end", a short film which was part of the feature film "Cinq films pour cent ans" in commemoration of the centenary of the cinema. In 1998, he finished two feature films at the same time as director, scriptwriter and co-producer: "La Porte close" (started in 1993) and "Les Casablancais".

Selected filmography

• 1991 " Un amour à Casablanca " (A love in Casablanca) Feature film
• 1999 " Les Casablancais " (A polyphonic portrait of the town of Casablanca) Feature film
• 2003 “ Face à face “ (Face to face) Feature film
• 2011 “ Entre desir et incertitude “ (Between desire and incertainty) French documentary about Morroco, through Morrocan movies (composer: Pierre Yves Lenik
  Pierre Yves Lenik
  Pierre Yves Lenik is a French composer, known for his work in French documentaries.His work included the scores for TV series :' by Georges Combe and TV documentaries : Documentary by Caroline Buffard , Documentary by Caroline Puig-Grenetier , Entre désir et incertitude Documentary by...
  
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External links

• Entre desir et incertitude - part 1
• Entre desir et incertitude - part 2
• Entre desir et incertitude - part 3

• French Wikipedia