SYNOPSIS
To avenge his mother and clear his neighborhood of the incessant ringing of phones, Jalil—a washed-up employee—becomes the ‘Phone Breaker’ and leads a ruthless vendetta against the telecommunications industry.
In Competition — Behja Prize
Director: Hamza Atifi
Country of Production: Morocco
Year: 2023
Runtime: 25 min
Language: Darija
Biography
Hamza Atifi was born in Casablanca and raised in a family of filmmakers. At a very young age, he took part in numerous Moroccan and international productions, which ignited his passion for cinema. He graduated from Morocco’s École Supérieure des Arts Visuels and Belgium’s Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion, specializing in cinematography. At the age of 23, he served as the Director of Photography (DOP) for his first feature film, Nouhe ne sait pas nager by Rachid El Ouali, which won the Crystal Award for Best Picture at the Festival of Liège in 2018. In addition to his work as a DOP, Atifi has directed four short films, including the multi-award-winning Candidats au suicide, which received widespread recognition. His television work includes the hit second season of the miniseries SOUHLIFA. Most recently, he worked on Hicham Lasri’s miniseries LOTFI N7AYLA, which aired on Morocco’s prominent TV network, 2M.
Hamza Atifi Director of Photography