Moroccan film director, editor, screenwriter, producer and consultant.

Karim AITOUNA is a film director, editor, screenwriter and producer working between France and Morocco.

Born in 1976, in Tétouan (Morocco), he lives and works in Lyon (France).
Karim Aitouna graduated in law, cinema and management of cultural projects. Director, editor and screenwriter, he has several documentaries to his credit, including "2 horas" (2008).
In 2009, he founded a film film production company "Haut les mains productions" (based in Lyon, France) with Thomas Micoulet.

He graduated in Law and got a Masterʼs degree in Film Studies and another one in Cultural Management. In 2008, he received the Creation grant of "Lyon September of photography", produced and directed the short documentary "2horas on the Spanish enclave of Ceuta" (2008). The film has been screened at many festivals such as the Human Right Film Festival. In 2009, he founded the production company "Haut Les Mains Productions" with which he supervises the making of audiovisual content in the field of visual art and culture. He directed and produced the program Clin dʼoeuvres, broadcasted on Lyon TV and Capcanal. He produced also for other filmmakers. A place under the sun, his new documentary won the Robert Bosch Stitfung coproduction prize in 2013 and was selected at Zagreb Dox Pro and Docmed.

FILMOGRAPHY


2020 - "Dans La Maison (Documentary), directed by Karima Saïdi (Belgium / Morocco)
* Producteur
* Producer

2020 - "Gevar's Land (Documentary), directed by Qutaiba Barhamji
* Producteur
* Producer

2019 - "Une place sous le soleil (A Place Under the Sun)" de Karim Aitouna, (Documentary), directed by Karim Aitouna, 80 mins (co-prod. Morocco/Germany)
* Réalisateur
* Scénariste
* Producteur Délégué
* Director
* Screenwriter
* Executive Producer
* Director, Screenwriter and Producer

2019 - "Un autre paradis (Another Paradise)"
* Producteur
* Producer

2018 - "Renault 12" (Documentary)
* Co-Producteur
* Co-Producer

2018 - "Poisonous Roses" (fiction), de Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, 90 mins (co-prod. Egypt/France)
Première mondiale à IFF Rotterdam 2018, primé par 16 prix internationaux et représentant l'Egypte aux Oscars 2020.
* Producteur
* Producer

2017 - "Sans bruit, les figurants du désert" (Documentary)
* Producteur
* Producer

2016 - "Les femmes de la rivière qui pleure", de Sheron Dayoc
Meilleur film philippin de l'année 2016 - 2017 par les Philippines Critics Award et par les Young Circle Critics
* Co-Producteur
* Co-Producer

2016 - "Livreur" (Short)
* Producteur
* Producer

2016 - "La Controfigura (La doublure)", de Rä Di Martino (Italie / Maroc)
Première mondiale à la 74e Mostra de Venise.
* Producteur
* Producer

2015 - "in/out" (Short)
* Producteur Exécutif
* Line Producer

2015 - "La nuit et l'enfant", de David Yon
Première mondiale à la 65e Berlinale
* Producteur
* Producer

2014 - "Je suis le peuple" (Documentary) d'Anna Roussillon
Film sélectionné à l'ACID Cannes, primé dans plus de 37 festivals.
* Producteur
* Producer

2013 - "Le gardien d'Ailefroide" (documentary) - directed by Vincent Verrier, 29 mins, France
* Producer

2010 - "Onze repas" (Short), directed by Louise Hémon, 29 mins, France
* Producer
* Producteur Délégué
* Producer
* Executive Producer

2009 - "The Happy Unity" - directed by Gilles Verneret, 59 mins, France
* Producteur et Monteur
* Producer and Editor

2008 - "2Horas (2horas on the Spanish enclave of Ceuta)" (Documentary short), de Karim Aitouna, directed by Karim Aitouna, 19 mins, France
* Réalisateur
* Scénariste
* Monteur
* Producteur Délégué
* Director
* Screenwriter
* Editor
* Executive Producer

- "Mamadou and Benita" (documentary) - directed by Soumaila Diallo, 52 mins (co-prod. France/Mali)
* Producer

- "A Djelfa Dweller Dreams (Le Songe d'un habitant de Djelfa)", (documentary), directed by David Yon, 60 mins (co-prod. France, Morocco, Algeria, Qatar, 2013)
www.dohafilminstitute.com/newsletter/CATALOG%20GRANTS%202012.pdf
* Producer

- "La Jazira" (documentary) - directed by Anne Roussillon, 90 mins (co-prod. France/EAU)
* Producer

Source :
* https://atlasateliers.festivalmarrakech.info/fr/consultant/2020/karim-aitouna
* www.sanadfilmfund.com/en/projects/2013/development-documentary/a-place-under-the-sun
* www.imdb.com/name/nm5691768/
* https://ep.ji-hlava.com/producers/karim-aitouna