Rachid
BELGIUM / 19 MIN. / 2023 / FICTION / DCP 2K / 16:9 / 5.1 / COLOR
BELGIUM / 19 MIN. / 2023 / FICTION / DCP 2K / 16:9 / 5.1 / COLOR
Kortfilmfestival Leuven (BEL. 2023) – Audience Award & Press Award – Academy Award® Qualifying Festival
Brussels Short Film Festival (BEL, 2024) – Academy Award® Qualifying Festival
INTERFILM International Short Film Festival Berlin (DEU, 2024) – Academy Award® Qualifying Festival
Ennesimo Festival (ITA, 2024) – Comix Award
BE Green Film Festival (ITA, 2024) – Best Fiction Short Film
Festival National du Film Tanger (MAR, 2024) – Grand Prix
Festival du Film Transsaharien de Zagora (MAR, 2024) – Special Mention
Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes Almeria en Corto (ESP, 2024) – Best Short Fiction
DAKAR COURT (SEN, 2024) – Best Actor
Filmfest Bremen (DEU, 2025)- Best Mid-Length Film ‘Humor / Satire’
Rabat Comedy Film Festival (MAR, 2025) – Best Actor
Inventa Un Film – Lenola (ITA, 2025) – Best Actor
JEF Festival (BEL, 2024)
Itabaiana International Film Festival (BRA, 2025)
LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers (DEU, 2024)
BUNTER HUND – International Short Film Festival Munich (DEU, 2025)
49th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt (DEU, 2025)
FICVI – Festival Internacional de Cine de Curtmetratges de Vila-Seca (ESP, 2024)
Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia (ESP, 2025)
La Guarimba Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
Festival di Senigallia (ITA, 2024) out of competition
Integrazione Film Festival (ITA, 2025)
Adriatic Film Festival (ITA, 2025)
Fiaticorti Film Festival (ITA, 2025)
Tangiers Film Festival (MAR, 2024)
Zuidelijk Film Festival (NLD, 2025)
Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) (NGA, 2024)
Kinolub Film Festival (POL, 2025)
HaHaArt Film Festival (PRT, 2024)
Public Court, le Gala International du Court Métrage de Saint-Louis (SEN, 2025)
Fankeenna Film Fest (SOM, 2025)
New York African Film Festival (USA, 2025)
Zakaria Ridouani, Zouzou Ben Chikha, Soe Nsuki, Stefan Perceval, Saïd Boumazoughe, Ismaïl L’hamiti, Nora Dari, Ayoub Sadik, Livia Perneel, Issam Dakka & Stany Crets
Eddy Martens, Sven Liegeois
Rachida El Garani
Rachida Lamrabet
Brecht Van Elslande
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) Darna VZW Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government
Charlie Speeckaert
Daphne Gort
Gonne Vanspauwen
Dorien Biesmans, Noëmie Peeters
Olivier Lambrechts
Gedeon Depauw
Faisal Chatar
Rachida El Garani was born in 1975 in Genk, Belgium. In 2011 she started her studies in the Audiovisual Arts at RITCS Brussel (Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound) at 36. During her studies, Rachida directed several fiction short films and documentaries, with themes around gender, migration, human rights, and diversity. Since her studies she has had a wide and diverse career, working in film, television, and reportage.