Saâd Chraïbi

From 1968 to 1970, Saâd Chraïbi studied at the Faculty of Medicine in Casablanca. In the 1970s, he became a member of the National Federation of Moroccan Film Clubs, and in 1973 founded the "Al Azaim" film club, which he directed until 1983. In 1976, he participated in the production of the collective film "Les cendres du clos" (The Ashes of the Clos), which notably featured Abdelkader Lagtaâ and Abdelkrim Mohammed Derkaoui. In 1990, he released his first feature film, "Chronique d’une vie normale" (Chronicle of a Normal Life). In 2000, he directed "Soif," which explores Morocco's colonial past.

In 1998, Saâd Chraïbi inaugurated a trilogy devoted to the condition of Moroccan women with the film "Femmes... Et Femmes" (Women... And Women), which deals with domestic violence and gender inequality. This feature film broke all Moroccan box office records at the time, selling 72,138 tickets in its first week. This film was followed in 2004 by Jawhara, Daughter of Prison, about a little girl born of rape who grows up in prison alongside her mother, during the "Years of Lead." The trilogy concluded in 2011 with the production of Women in Mirrors.

In December 2015, he was a member of the short film jury at the 15th Marrakech International Film Festival, chaired by Joachim Lafosse.