Born in Casablanca, Izza Edery-Génini left her native Morocco in 1960 and settled in Paris with her family. While a student, she worked for the private screening room Club 70, then for the Tours and Annecy film festivals. In 1973, Edery-Génini devoted herself to the international distribution of Moroccan and African films, before moving on to her first producing work in 1981 with the film Transes (El Hal) by Ahmed El Maanouni. In 1987, she started directing a series of documentary films on the musical and intangible heritage of Morocco under the "Maroc Corps et Âme" label. Since 2008, Edery-Génini has produced numerous films under the "Home Cinema" label, favouring “local” cinema on a private and personal basis. The year 2023 sees the release of her film My Thursday Souk.
While watching the rushes of Return to Oulad Mounen, a film shot in El Gara, where director Izza Edery-Génini spent part of her childhood with her father, she realised how important the weekly Thursday market or souk, the true vibrant heart of the city, is to the locals — and to Edery-Génini herself. It is this intimate relationship to this place that the director aims to explore, through unreleased rushes — treasures that have been lying in boxes since 1994.
Director Izza Edery-Génini
Producer Izza Edery-Génini
Screenwriter Izza Edery-Génini
Cinematographer Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, Joël Santoni
Editor Philippe Vallois, Aïssam El Karzouzi
Sound Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, Walter Balls
Music Hajja El Hamdaouia, Frères Bouazzaoui
Colour Colour, black and white
Production Company Ohra
Créée par Sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI en juillet 2002, la Fondation du Festival International du Film de Marrakech est une association à but non lucratif, reconnue d’utilité publique.
Présidée par Son Altesse Royale Le Prince Moulay Rachid, la Fondation a essentiellement pour objet l’organisation du Festival International du Film de Marrakech et tous événements y afférents ayant pour but d’encourage la création cinématographique, sa promotion et sa diffusion dans le Royaume du Maroc et dans le monde.