Alaa Eddine Aljem

Trained at ESAV Marrakech and INSAS in Brussels, Alaa Eddine Aljem directed several short films, like The ritual (2008), National Education (2009) or Tribute (2011). With The Desert Fish (2015), he took the Critics, Screenwriting and Grand Prize at the Moroccan National Film Festival. The Unknown Saint is Aljem’s debut feature. With this project, Aljem participated in the Open Doors Lab at the Locarno Festival, where it won the ICAM award. Aljem also took part in La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes in 2016, and in the Sundance Screenwriters’ Lab. In 2016, Alaa was named by ‘Screen International’ as one of the Five Arab Stars of Tomorrow.

Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid