Hakim
Mao
Hakim Mao

About the Author

Background

Hakim was born and raised in Agadir, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, before flying to France to pursue film studies, first in BTS Audiovisual in editing, then at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière in the Cinema section, where he wrote and directed several short films.He then developed his first feature film project Forgive them for they don't know, selected at the Meditalents writing workshop in 2012, along with eleven other directors from the southern Mediterranean. He was also selected at the Socrates writing workshop (Djerba, Tunisia) to work on a new version of the project under the supervision of a Moroccan story editor.Based in Paris, Hakim works as a writing consultant on screenplays while developing several short and feature film projects including Jeld, selected at the co-production forum of the Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival.

Developed Projects

Works Supported by Meditalents

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LabMed 2013

Forgive them for they don't know

Zak and Hind have been inseparable since childhood. In Agadir, on the Moroccan Atlantic coast, their life is sweet and their adolescence carefree. But when Hind becomes pregnant with a vacation sweetheart, they will have to break through the bubble in which they lived until then and cross a country of which they do not know all the facets.

From Script to Screen

Projects That Became Films

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