Benm'Barek-Aloïsi has created exhibitions in sound art at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
[3] Sofia, "the director's portrait of a country's complex relationship to its own values, laws and taboos"[4] tells the story of a 20 year old Moroccan women desperately searching for the father of her unborn child to avoid being reported to the authorities.
In a race against time, the hospital grants the young woman 24 hours to provide documentation of the father of the child before alerting the police.
Benm'Barek-Aloïsi won the best screenplay award at the festival and a standing ovation from the Cannes audience for her film.
Written and directed by Benm'Barek-Aloïsi, the story centers on a 13 year old girl growing up in Morocco.