Bouchra

Bouchra wakes in her small Parisian room to discover her shadow has detached and begun living independently. This 2025 animation drama explores the delicate boundary between reality and the inner world of a second-generation immigrant. As Bouchra attempts to reclaim her shadow, she confronts childhood memories from Morocco, long-forgotten dreams, and the alienation of contemporary French society. The director employs mixed techniques — traditional hand-drawn animation for the real world and digital abstraction for the shadow realm. The film becomes a metaphor for cultural identity, where past and present coexist in shared space, and inner demons take tangible form.