Ayoub Qanir
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Ayoub Qanir (born May 16, 1983) is a Moroccan-American film director, writer and producer.
Early life[edit]
Ayoub Qanir was born on May 16, 1983 in Casablanca, Morocco to a civil engineer father and a school teacher mother. In 1999, he moved to Spain where he graduated high school from the American School of Madrid, after which he moved to Florida. In 2005, he graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in management and finance.[1]
Career[edit]
In 2014, Ayoub wrote and directed Artificio Conceal which was set in London and starring renown late actor David Bailie of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Games of Thrones's Simon Armstrong. The short was selected to over 50 film festivals worldwide including Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner, Edinburgh International Film Festival as well as the Seattle International Film Festival.[2][3][4]
In 2015, he joined the jury of the 32nd edition of The Miami International Film Festival.[5]
In the same year, Qanir was knighted into the Order of Ouissam Alaouite awarded by the King of Morocco.[6]
In 2018, his debut feature film, The World of Which We Dream Doesn't Exist, set in Mongolia, premiered at the 25th International Film Festival of Kerala where it was nominated to the Golden Crow Pheasant Award for best Asian film.[7][8][9][10]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.lofficielmaroc.ma/lifestyle/ayoub-qanir-a-moroccan-in-tokyo. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Artificio Conceal nominated for best short at EIFF" – via Top 10 Films.
- ↑ "Artificio Conceal selected to Cannes" – via Digital Journal.
- ↑ "SIFF Official Selection" (PDF) – via Seattle International Film Festival.
- ↑ "Celebrated Local Directors" – via Miami Film Festival.
- ↑ "Réalisateur decoré par sa Majéste". Journal Le Matin.
- ↑ "Telling it Right" – via Deccan Chronicle.
- ↑ "Kerala Film Festival" – via IFFK.
- ↑ "Ayoub Qanir Honored by Suma Josson" – via IFFK.
- ↑ "Meet The Directors" – via IFFK.
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