Directing
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
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.

My Thursday Souk
as Herself, Director, Writer
2022

A Nuba of Gold and Light
as Writer, Director
2007

Drums Beating
as Director, Writer
1999

Pour le Plaisir des Yeux
as Director
1997

Moussem
as Director, Writer
1997

Return to Oulad Moumen
as Director
1994

NUPTIALES EN MOYEN ATLAS
as Director
1993

Vibrations in Upper Atlas
as Director
1993

Des Luths et Délices
as Director
1989

Malhoune
as Director
1989

Gnaouas
as Director
1989

Rhythms of Marrakech
as Director
1989

Aïta
as Director
1988

Hymns of Praise
as Director
1988

Trances
as Producer
1982

Blood Wedding
1977