Hamid Bénani

Hamid Bénani was born in Meknes, on 5 November 1940 (in 1942 according to the Berlinale). He took a degree in philosophy in Rabat, then studied cinema at the Idhec, in Paris. In 1970, with Ahmed Bouanani, Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi and Mohamed Sekkat, he founded the production company Sigma 3, which produced his first feature film the same year. A director, editor and screenwriter, he waited twenty-five years to make a second, and continued his work until the 2010s.

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• CinemaTracesوشمةHamid Bénani · 1970Cinema