Ismaël Ferroukhi (born 26 June 1962) is a French-Moroccan film director and screenwriter.
Biography Ferroukhi was born in Kenitra. He gained exposure with his 1992 short film L'Exposé, which won the Kodak Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Following, Ferroukhi co-wrote the Cédric Kahn film Trop de bonheur (1994).Lion of the Future for Ismaël Ferroukhi by Fabien Lemercier, http://www.euromedcafe.org, September 21, 2004, retrieved April 4, 2006
His directorial debut Le Grand Voyage, produced by Humbert Balsan and Ognon Pictures, won the Lion of the Future "Luigi De Laurentiis" Award for a First Feature Film at the 61st Venice Film Festival in 2004.BBC World Service profile from 2005
Filmography Year Title Director Screenwriter Notes 1993 L'Exposé Short film 1994 Trop de bonheur 1994 Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge TV series 1996 Culpabilité zéro TV film 1996 Court toujours : l'Inconnu TV short 1997 Un été aux hirondelles TV film 2000 Petit Ben TV film 2004 Le Grand Voyage 2004 Lahna Lalhih Short film 2005 L'Avion 2007 Childhoods Segment "The Pair of Shoes" 2011 Free Men 2019 Mica
Awards and nominations L'Exposé (1993) (Kodak Short Film Award, 1993 Cannes Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2004) (Nomination: Golden Star, Marrakech International Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2004) (Luigi De Laurentiis Award, Venice Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2005) (Best Film, Mar del Plata Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2006) (Nomination: BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language)
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