Farida Benlyazid

Farida Benlyazid was born in Tangier in March 1948. She had to fight a long lawsuit to obtain a divorce, the law of the time reserving that right to the husband, and left in 1971 for France; there she studied literature at the University of Paris VIII, then cinema at the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques until 1976. Back in Morocco, she took part in the production of Jillali Ferhati's first feature film, wrote his next film, before moving on to directing. A critic, journalist and novelist, she founded her company, Tingitania Films, in 1991.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaA Door to the Skyباب السماء مفتوحFarida Benlyazid · 1988Cinema