Ibrahim Chkiri

Directing

Ibrahim Chkiri

Born

1969-01-01 (57)

Place of birth

Inezgane, Morocco

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

Ibrahim Chkiri (born 1969 in Inezgane) is a Moroccan film director and producer. He has directed several Moroccan series and films, including the action-comedy film Road to Kabul in 2012.

Known for

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While a magistrate is quietly having dinner with his family, two hooded individuals break into his villa and take his young daughter and the housekeeper hostage... The criminals demand the release of one of their own. The judge tries to resist, but the threat is dead serious...

The Magistrate

2005

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A vcd salesman travels from town to town selling his goods. One day, while driving through the outskirts, he is nearly run over by a truck only to quickly realize that this truck is unlike any other.

The road

2013

Thorn of War poster
6.7

A son gets radicalized by an extremist group online. One night he decides to leave for Syria to join the rebels fight against the regime. To bring him back, his mother takes the most dangerous trip of her life. Disguises as a journalist, she joins a convoy to get into the combat zone; and ends up surrounded by a patrol of Kurdish fighters. Being ambushed by the militia and surviving, she witnesses the devastations of war and a world in agony. But her unconditional love for her child and determination, allows her the courage to overcome ever obstacle and survive. All she wants is to bring her son home alive.

Thorn of War

2021

Lmahaba ezzayda poster
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A troubled young man returns to his estranged father after years apart, forcing the two to confront their complicated relationship and the problems surrounding their reunion.

Lmahaba ezzayda

2014

Sidi mohamed ouali poster
7.0

A film in tachlhit about Sidi Mohamed Ouali, who is a religious wanderer with extensive knowledge and persuasive abilities, he settled in a village that had been ruled by a dishonest man who claimed to be knowledgeable about the paranormal and exploit the ignorance of the locals, Sidi Mohamed Ouli tries to expose all the tricks and schemes which the man uses to deceive the villagers.

Sidi mohamed ouali

2007

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Hassan is an unemployed young graduate who is particularly unlucky or perhaps even cursed. After finally receiving his long-awaited job offer letter, he sets out to complete the necessary paperwork for his hiring. However, his mother warns him never to step outside whenever "Da Mouh," the man with the evil eye, is around. Hassan dismisses the superstition... Once outside, he trips and gets his hand stuck in a sewer grate. Paramedics try to free him to no avail, the only way to release Hassan is to saw through the grate. That is where things get truly complicated because the grate is municipal property, Hassan needs an official permit before anyone can cut it. Hassan's troubles have only just begun.

The damned

2006

Behind the camera

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While a magistrate is quietly having dinner with his family, two hooded individuals break into his villa and take his young daughter and the housekeeper hostage... The criminals demand the release of one of their own. The judge tries to resist, but the threat is dead serious...

The Magistrate

2005

No artwork available
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A vcd salesman travels from town to town selling his goods. One day, while driving through the outskirts, he is nearly run over by a truck only to quickly realize that this truck is unlike any other.

The road

2013

Thorn of War poster
6.7

A son gets radicalized by an extremist group online. One night he decides to leave for Syria to join the rebels fight against the regime. To bring him back, his mother takes the most dangerous trip of her life. Disguises as a journalist, she joins a convoy to get into the combat zone; and ends up surrounded by a patrol of Kurdish fighters. Being ambushed by the militia and surviving, she witnesses the devastations of war and a world in agony. But her unconditional love for her child and determination, allows her the courage to overcome ever obstacle and survive. All she wants is to bring her son home alive.

Thorn of War

2021

Thorn of War poster
6.7

A son gets radicalized by an extremist group online. One night he decides to leave for Syria to join the rebels fight against the regime. To bring him back, his mother takes the most dangerous trip of her life. Disguises as a journalist, she joins a convoy to get into the combat zone; and ends up surrounded by a patrol of Kurdish fighters. Being ambushed by the militia and surviving, she witnesses the devastations of war and a world in agony. But her unconditional love for her child and determination, allows her the courage to overcome ever obstacle and survive. All she wants is to bring her son home alive.

Thorn of War

2021

Lmahaba ezzayda poster
NR

A troubled young man returns to his estranged father after years apart, forcing the two to confront their complicated relationship and the problems surrounding their reunion.

Lmahaba ezzayda

2014

Sidi mohamed ouali poster
7.0

A film in tachlhit about Sidi Mohamed Ouali, who is a religious wanderer with extensive knowledge and persuasive abilities, he settled in a village that had been ruled by a dishonest man who claimed to be knowledgeable about the paranormal and exploit the ignorance of the locals, Sidi Mohamed Ouli tries to expose all the tricks and schemes which the man uses to deceive the villagers.

Sidi mohamed ouali

2007

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Hassan is an unemployed young graduate who is particularly unlucky or perhaps even cursed. After finally receiving his long-awaited job offer letter, he sets out to complete the necessary paperwork for his hiring. However, his mother warns him never to step outside whenever "Da Mouh," the man with the evil eye, is around. Hassan dismisses the superstition... Once outside, he trips and gets his hand stuck in a sewer grate. Paramedics try to free him to no avail, the only way to release Hassan is to saw through the grate. That is where things get truly complicated because the grate is municipal property, Hassan needs an official permit before anyone can cut it. Hassan's troubles have only just begun.

The damned

2006

Road to Kabul poster
6.4

In Casablanca, Ali, Hmida, Mbarek and Messoud are four unemployed youths who spend their time dreaming of a better life in the Netherlands. One day, Hmida falls on a specialist of illegal immigration, Ouchen. The four friends manage to collect enough money only for the departure of one of them, Hmida. Several months later, it still has not given any sign of life. Ali, Mbarek and Messoud discovering that he is not in Holland but in Afghanistan, they decide to go looking for him on the road to Kabul.

Road to Kabul

2012

Road to Kabul poster
6.4

In Casablanca, Ali, Hmida, Mbarek and Messoud are four unemployed youths who spend their time dreaming of a better life in the Netherlands. One day, Hmida falls on a specialist of illegal immigration, Ouchen. The four friends manage to collect enough money only for the departure of one of them, Hmida. Several months later, it still has not given any sign of life. Ali, Mbarek and Messoud discovering that he is not in Holland but in Afghanistan, they decide to go looking for him on the road to Kabul.

Road to Kabul

2012

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Leila starts a new life in a new home with her husband, Dr. Omar, following the loss of their baby to a miscarriage. Since the tragedy, she feels fragile and is plagued by unexplainable visions: a mysterious woman appears, seemingly trying to convey a message or plead for help. Day by day, the vision grows clearer as Leila’s health steadily deteriorates. Her friend Rabiaa suggests a getaway to the countryside for a change of scenery. Once there, Leila stumbles upon the exact house from her dreams along with the tree, and the woman’s grave...

Tiwerga

2006

Her poster
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The synopsis is about a young man living alone who is pursued by a jinn/female supernatural being who loves him, turning his life into a nightmare.

Her

2008

Her poster
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The synopsis is about a young man living alone who is pursued by a jinn/female supernatural being who loves him, turning his life into a nightmare.

Her

2008

Moul El Bandir poster
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A young teacher named abdelrrafia decided to move to a new house with his mother to be near the school, he discovers that his new landlord is traditional dancer "sheikha"

Moul El Bandir

2019

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A group of friends decides to head to the mountains for a weekend getaway. Oblivious to the danger lurking ahead, they slowly venture deeper into the forest, and the nightmare begins...

La Forêt de la Mort

2008

Dream chok poster
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A dialectic of success and failure, hope and pain, driven by profound questions about the meaning and driving force of success, as well as the centrality of each in our lives. All of this is handled with a light touch and profound satire, through the story of a group of young people who decide to create a football team to change their destiny, but it is ultimately the team that transforms them and reveals their true worth.

Dream chok

2026

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A Berber film that tells the story of a newlywed couple who work as teachers, after a great search they find a house for a small price, but the house is haunted by the ghost of a small child. Instead of leaving the house, the couple tries to solve the mystery of the child by searching for his family and his fate

Illusion

2017

Masood Saida and Saadan poster
8.0

Masood, freshly released from prison, is tasked with finding Saida, a cabaret dancer who has stolen a mafia's safe key, leading to chaos when a monkey named Saadan swallows the key, triggering a series of unexpected adventures.

Masood Saida and Saadan

2019

Masood Saida and Saadan poster
8.0

Masood, freshly released from prison, is tasked with finding Saida, a cabaret dancer who has stolen a mafia's safe key, leading to chaos when a monkey named Saadan swallows the key, triggering a series of unexpected adventures.

Masood Saida and Saadan

2019