Izza Génini
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 27, 1942
Izza Génini was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1942 to a Jewish family. After studying literature and foreign languages at the Sorbonne and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, both in Paris, Génini decided to enter cinema. In 1973, she founded SOGEAV for the distribution of French films in French speaking African nations, distribution of African films abroad, and the production of films El Hal and Transes, the latter of the two directed by Ahmed El Maanouni. Martin Scorsese would later remaster this film in his World Cinema Project, with an interview with Génini included on the disk. In 1987, Génini began the production of a documentary series on traditional Moroccan music called Maroc, corps et âme, or Morocco, Body and Soul, containing fifteen parts.
Filmography
My Thursday Souk 2022
as Herself, Director, Writer
A Nuba of Gold and Light 2007
Writer, Director
Drums Beating 1999
Director, Writer
Pour le Plaisir des Yeux 1997
Director
Moussem 1997
Director, Writer
Return to Oulad Moumen 1994
Director
NUPTIALES EN MOYEN ATLAS 1993
Director
Vibrations in Upper Atlas 1993
Director
Des Luths et Délices 1989
Director
Malhoune 1989
Director
Les Gnaouas 1989
Director
Rhythms of Marrakech 1989
Director
Gnaouas 1989
Director
Aïta (Le Cri) 1988
Director
Hymns of Praise 1988
Director
Aïta 1988
Director
Trances 1982
Producer
Blood Wedding 1977
Actor
Credits from TMDB.