Bouchra

Story

Synopsis

Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist, the rift in her cultural identity and an array of romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning becomes her path to expression.

Directors

Meriem Bennani, Orian Barki

Writers

Ayla Mrabet, Jason Coombs, Meriem Bennani

Language

English

Country

Italy, United States of America

Release date

3 June 2026

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Meriem Bennani

  Bouchra (voice)

• Orian Barki

  Yani (voice)

• 

  Fayçal Azizi

  Nabila (voice)

• Ariana Faye Allensworth

  Nikki (voice)

• Hassan Hamdani

  Abdellatif (voice)

• Yto Barrada

  Aïcha (voice)

• Dounia Berrada

  Aïcha (voice)

• Bouchra Benzekri

  Yamna (voice)

• Salima Dhaibi

  Lamia (voice)

• Lil Patty

  Bello (voice)

• Youssef Barrada

  Radio Caller 1 (voice)

• Nisrine Ouazzani

  Radio Caller 2 (voice)