Alaa was born in Rabat, Morocco in 1988. He studied film at the ESAV Marrakech and INSAS schools in Brussels. He worked for several projects for both cinema and television as a screenwriter, an assistant director and a line producer. His films have been selected at festivals around the world, winning several awards. His most recent short subject ... Read More

Alaa was born in Rabat, Morocco in 1988. He studied film at the ESAV Marrakech and INSAS schools in Brussels. He worked for several projects for both cinema and television as a screenwriter, an assistant director and a line producer. His films have been selected at festivals around the world, winning several awards. His most recent short subject “ The desert Fish”, took the critics, screen-writing and grand prizes at the Moroccan National Film Festival and has been invited to Cannes Film festival and selected in several international film festivals. His first feature film script “The Unknown Sain t” was awarded at Locarno film festival and selected at La fabrique des cinémas du monde at Cannes and at the Sundance screenwriters lab. Alaa was recognized by Screen international and Dubai Film Festival in 2016 as one of the five “Arab stars of tomorrow”.In 2018 he was selected as one of Global Media Makers by Film independent in L.A.His first future film, The Unknown Saint was premiered at the critics week at Cannes in 2019 and broadcasted and distributed world wide. Read Less