{"id":5079,"date":"2024-02-21T14:54:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/?p=5079"},"modified":"2024-03-22T00:17:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T00:17:30","slug":"maryam-touzani-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/2024\/02\/21\/maryam-touzani-en\/","title":{"rendered":"MARYAM TOUZANI\u00a0(EN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW43433548 BCX4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5083\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/files\/2024\/02\/Maryam_Touzani_Foto-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/files\/2024\/02\/Maryam_Touzani_Foto-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/files\/2024\/02\/Maryam_Touzani_Foto-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/files\/2024\/02\/Maryam_Touzani_Foto-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/files\/2024\/02\/Maryam_Touzani_Foto-1306x1536.jpg 1306w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/files\/2024\/02\/Maryam_Touzani_Foto.jpg 1473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW43433548 BCX4\"><span class=\"SCXW43433548 BCX4\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW43433548 BCX4\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Born in Tangiers in 1980, Maryam <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Touzani<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> studied journalism in London before returning to her native Morocco<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Having begun her career as a film critic, Maryam <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Touzani<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> soon desired to express her vision in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">a different way<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> and stepped behind the camera to direct two noteworthy short films, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">QUAND ILS DORMENT<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> and AYA VA \u00c0 LA PLAGE<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">. She then collaborated on Nabil <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Ayouch\u2019s<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">MUCH LOVED<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">In 2019, she directed her first feature film, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">ADAM<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, selected for the Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, many other <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">filmfestivals<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> and shortlisted for the Oscars. She then collaborated once again with Nabil <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Ayouch<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, with whom she co-wrote <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">RAZZIA<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, a film in which she also starred, and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">CASABLANCA BEATS<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, selected in Competition for the Festival de Cannes in 2021. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW43433548 BCX4\"><span class=\"SCXW43433548 BCX4\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br class=\"SCXW43433548 BCX4\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">She returned to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Cannes Festival<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> as a director with the highly acclaimed <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">THE BLUE CAFTAN<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">\u00a0(2022), selected for Un Certain Regard<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, winning the FIPRESCI-<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Prize<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43433548 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> and shortlisted for the Oscars. She is currently working on her first novel and her next feature film.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW43433548 BCX4\"><span class=\"SCXW43433548 BCX4\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW43433548 BCX4\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/2024\/02\/21\/maryam-touzani\/\">&gt;&gt; Deutsche Version<\/a><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">___<br \/>\n<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">&gt; Lecture at ZFICTION.24 <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">| Inviting Proximity: Cultivating Intimacy Through Screen Acting<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr class=\"ttfmake-hr\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-top-width: 1px\" \/>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/\"><strong>&gt;HOME<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/programm-zfiction-24\/\"><strong>\u00a0&gt;PROGRAMM<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/zfiction\/zfiction-info\/\"><strong>&gt;TICKETS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Born in Tangiers in 1980, Maryam Touzani studied journalism in London before returning to her native Morocco. 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