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Bouchra, a 35-year-old Moroccan coyote in New York, documents her long-distance relationship with her mother in Casablanca, as they explore together the love, pain and secrets that unite them through calls and intimate conversations.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

6d

Bouchra and her family are coyotes... (honestly, it’s hard to tell, and it’s even trickier to work out the reasoning behind this particular creative decision). Still, this semi-surreal project is at least a boldly original work.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

The Times (UK)

Aug 7

3/5

The directorial debut of the artists Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki, Bouchra is an audacious hybrid of animation, documentary and autofiction whose multi-layered form reflects its protagonist’s conflicted identities.

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Marina Ashioti

Little White Lies

Aug 7

4/5

The smallest gestures, awkward pauses and hesitant phone calls, all give the film a naturalism and intimacy that allow it to speak beyond autobiography while never losing sight its specificity.

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

15h

This was a wildly unique animated film, a queer female jackal (yes, a jackal) living in New York City

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

2d

6/10

There is a strange, distinctive vibe that runs through the piece. It defies the film’s general limitations and makes it oddly difficult to ignore.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Aug 7

3.5/5

It may be a bit murky, but it's also dazzlingly original.

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Bouchra, a 35-year-old Moroccan coyote in New York, documents her long-distance relationship with her mother in Casablanca, as they explore together the love, pain and secrets that unite them through calls and intimate conversations.

Director: Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani
Producer: Fondazione Prada, John Michael Boling, Jason Coombs
Screenwriter: Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani, Ayla Mrabet
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: 2 Lizards Production, Hi Production, Fondazione Prada
Genre: Drama, Animation
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 26, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 21, 2026
Runtime: 1h 23m

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