Chrif Tribak Mohamed

Biography

Mohamed Chrif Tribak was born in Larache, northern Morocco, in 1971. Trained in the Federation of film clubs in Morocco, he did an internship at the FÉMIS in Paris. He also directed five short films and seven telefilms for the second national channel, 2M and the SNRT. Le temps des camarades, his first feature film, was awarded the Ousman Samben grand prize of the Khouribgha African Film Festival in 2009, the first prize at the Tangier National Film Festival in 2008, the Audience Award at the International Festival of Mediterranean Film of Tetouan in 2009, in official selection of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2008, the Moving Film Award, San Sebastian Film Festival in 2008. And in 2007 , he was selected for the workshop of the Cannes festival. He also directed several short films like Lettre d’amour  (2008), 30 ans (2006), Mawal (2005), L’Extraterrestre (2005) and Balcon Atlantico. The director has won several awards, such as the Best Feature Film Award at the Festival Regarding the World Cinema in Paris in 2017 and the Selection of the 38th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival in 2016.