Khadija Alami is an award-winning Moroccan Producer of feature films, documentaries, and short films, and owner of K Films. She has established her company K Films, on an international level, as a well-respected service company and co-producing partner. Khadija has a strong working relationship with studios, production companies, executives, and producers from around the world and is at the forefront of promoting film and television production in Morocco.
In January 2016, she bought 17 hectares of land in Ouarzazate and built her own studios, becoming the first woman in Africa to own and manage professional movie studios.
She is also President of Meditalents, an association that teaches the art of scriptwriting to young writers, President of the Ouarzazate Film Commission, and of the Producers Chamber in Morocco.
In 2017, Alami was selected to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is the first Arab female producer and second Moroccan filmmaker to receive that honor. She regularly participates as a mentor in inclusion initiatives and diversity programs led by the Academy to shape the future of the movie industry.
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