Abdellah El Hajjouji

Abdellah El Hajjouji is a Moroccan filmmaker, and producer based in Toronto. He is the Founder and President of the Toronto North African Film Festival (TNAFF) and President of LSFILMS PRODUCTION INC. He began his artistic journey in theatre in Casablanca before moving into cinema, and studied at the New York Film Academy. He starred as Selim in Fayçal Boulifa’s The Damned Don’t Cry, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2022. His performance earned him the Best Actor Award at the Écrans Mixtes festival in Lyon in 2023. His filmmaking and production work spans Morocco and international projects, with credits including The Path to God, Gods Man, and Misunderstood. Through TNAFF, he works to bring North African and diaspora cinema to Canadian audiences, champion Amazigh voices and underrepresented stories, and support emerging filmmakers through screenings, mentorship, and creative exchange.