Best of the Fests
BOUCHRA
Directed by Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki
Italy/Morocco/USA, 2025, 1h 23min, DCP, In Arabic, French, and English with English subtitles.
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Pricing
$14 evening / $11.50 matinee (available M-F for shows before 5 PM)
$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.
Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.
Accessibility
See more about the venue’s accessibility here.
“A touching and inventive film … that insists on new forms and a new cinematic language.”
—International Cinephile Society
“Far from reiterating tired binaries … [BOUCHRA] embraces the beauty of contradictions with open arms.”
—The Guardian
“Beautiful to look at, a feat of animation, and a triumph of complex storytelling.”
—FlickSided
New York City is filled with animals in artists Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s (best known for the web series 2 LIZARDS) utterly original look at art, creativity, and identity, BOUCHRA. The titular Bouchra — a filmmaker and queer expat envisioned as an anthropomorphic jackal — stares at blank pages in New York as she tries to connect with her mother in Casablanca in this inventive mix of documentary, narrative, and animation.
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