Jérôme Cohen-Olivar (born 1964) is a Moroccan-French film director,
best known for Kandisha (2008), a fantasy film inspired by the myth of
Aicha Kandicha.Cohen-Olivar mostly grew up in Morocco, where he made
movies on super 8mm film, before moving to Los Angeles. Susan Susan,
his first short film, was a satire about secret immigration to the
United States, bought by Disney for about $300,000.The Midnight
Orchestra, a comedy based around the story of a man travelling to
Morocco to revive his father's orchestra, examined the experiences of
Jews leaving Morocco. It won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at
Montreal World Film Festival in 2015.
best known for Kandisha (2008), a fantasy film inspired by the myth of
Aicha Kandicha.Cohen-Olivar mostly grew up in Morocco, where he made
movies on super 8mm film, before moving to Los Angeles. Susan Susan,
his first short film, was a satire about secret immigration to the
United States, bought by Disney for about $300,000.The Midnight
Orchestra, a comedy based around the story of a man travelling to
Morocco to revive his father's orchestra, examined the experiences of
Jews leaving Morocco. It won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at
Montreal World Film Festival in 2015.
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