Mohamed Zineddaine
Born in Morocco, Mohamed Zineddaine moved to Bologna in 1985, where he trained in the cinema. A journalist, photographer, screenwriter and producer, he made his first fiction feature film, Risveglio, in 2005. He took Italian nationality and with Ouarzazate films has made a number of documentaries and two other feature films in 2008 and 2013. In parallel, he teaches Screenwriting and History of the Cinema at the Universities of Fez and Rabat.

Filmography (as director):
1996 – Una famiglia freudiana
1996 – La vecchia ballerina
1999 – Sotto il cielo di agosto
2002 – Lo sguardo altrove
2005 – Dopo il silenzio
2005 – Risveglio
2006 – Gorizia, al di là dei confini
2008 – Ti Ricordi Di Adil?
2013 – Rabbia 
2018 – La Guérisseuse