Juggling her life in New York and her family in Morocco, 35-year-old queer documentary
filmmaker Bouchra finishes the script for her autobiographical film, unearthing unreconciled conflicts and pursuing new romances in the process.
Bouchra is a queer Moroccan coyote living in NYC, wrestling with writer’s block for her first film. As she begins a series of difficult yet long overdue phone calls with her mother, Aicha, in Casablanca, forgotten memories begin to resurface. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist in New York, the rift in her identity between her two homes and an array of friendships and romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning with her mother and herself becomes her path to expression.
With a lived-in granularity and unmistakable visual style, BOUCHRA, the debut feature from acclaimed visual artists Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki (best known together from their 2020 web series 2 LIZARDS), is a singular portrait effortlessly towing the line between documentary, visual art, animation and resonant family drama.
Deeply felt, surprisingly sexy and formally adventurous, Bennani and Barki’s distinctive debut forges new ground and is a must see at SCENE 2026.
TIMINGS
3.15pm: Doors
3.30pm: Feature starts
Event duration: 1 hour 23 minutes
5.00pm: Feature ends
TICKETS
General Admission: £9.95 (+ £1.20 booking fee)
Concessions: £7.95 (+ £1.20 booking fee)
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Director: Orian Barki & Meriem Bennani
Producer: Fondazione Prada
Screenwriters: Orian Yani Marki, Meriem Bennani, Ayla Mrabet
Talent: Ariana Faye Allensworth, Fayçal Azizi, Orian Yani Barki
Country of Origin: Italy, Morocco, USA
Language: Moroccan Arabic, French, English
Subtiltes: Yes, English
Release Year: 2026
Content Guidance: Sexual scenes, strong language
Age Rating: 18
Accessibility: For access and facilites information, please visit HOME
Runtime: 82 minutes
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