Bouchra (2026)
"What's on your heart?"
Synopsis
Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist, the rift in her cultural identity and an array of romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning becomes her path to expression.
Cast
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Meriem Bennani
as Bouchra (voice)
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Orian Barki
as Yani (voice)
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Fayçal Azizi
as Nabila (voice)
- Ariana Faye Allensworth as Nikki (voice)
- Hassan Hamdani as Abdellatif (voice)
- Yto Barrada as Aïcha (voice)
- Dounia Berrada as Aïcha (voice)
- Bouchra Benzekri as Yamna (voice)
- Salima Dhaibi as Lamia (voice)
- Lil Patty as Bello (voice)
- Youssef Barrada as Radio Caller 1 (voice)
- Nisrine Ouazzani as Radio Caller 2 (voice)
- Ali Rachid as Hakim (voice)
- Amine Nawny as Hamster Cheikha (voice)
- Anthony Pilcher as Mouse Neighbor (voice)
- Amal Benzekri as Ikram (voice)
- John Michael Boling as Barista (voice)
- Elias Azar as Ear Piercer (voice) / Pre-Teen (voice) / Locksmith (voice)
Crew
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Orian Barki
Director
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Meriem Bennani
Director
- John Michael Boling Director of Photography
-
Orian Barki
Editor
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Meriem Bennani
Editor
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Flavien Berger
Original Music Composer
- Filippo Fante Producer
- John Michael Boling Producer
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Jason Coombs
Producer
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Orian Barki
Writer
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Meriem Bennani
Writer
- Ayla Mrabet Writer
