Sofia El Khyari est nommée marraine du Mois du film d’animation par l’Institut français du Maroc. Elle présente quatre courts-métrages dans plusieurs sites de l’institut jusqu’au 11 octobre. Ses films donnent à voir sur l’écran des techniques variées, avec l’utilisation de l’aquarelle, du papier découpé, de l’encre ou encore de la photographie.
Who is Sofia El Khyari? A multi-award-winning visual artist and director of animated films, Sofia El Khyari was born in Casablanca in 1992. She studied cultural management in Paris, where she also taught herself animation, before earning a master's degree in animation from the Royal College of Art in London. Her short films have won awards and been screened at more than 150 international festivals, including the Locarno Festival, TIFF in Toronto, Annecy Animation Festival, FESPACO (Burkina Faso), and FICAM (Morocco).
The short films screened this October:
- "The Shadow of Butterflies" (2022): In a mysterious forest, a woman is slowly drawn into a nostalgic daydream while watching butterflies.
- "The Porous Body" (2018): A young woman goes to the sea to reflect on her life. When she dives into the water, she finds herself submerged by a flood of thoughts within her.
- "Ayam" (2017): Three generations of Moroccan women share moments while preparing for the traditional Aïd al-Adha ceremony.
- "The Grain of Your Skin" (2015): The tale of a delicate, mysterious flower woman born in the hot sands of the desert.