Bouchra

About Bouchra

Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist, the rift in her cultural identity and an array of romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning becomes her path to expression.

Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki directed Bouchra, a 2026 animation comedy film. It runs 83 minutes and was released in June 2026.

Its themes are anthropomorphism, candid, intimate, and reflective.

Meriem Bennani appears as Bouchra (voice), Orian Barki as Yani (voice), Fayçal Azizi as Nabila (voice), and Ariana Faye Allensworth as Nikki (voice). The screenplay is by Ayla Mrabet and Meriem Bennani. American members can watch it on MUBI and MUBI Amazon Channel.

Monica, How to Train Your Dragon, and Soul make useful companions to Bouchra, all filed under LGBT. It carries a NR rating.