Saïd Hamich Benlarbi

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi (born 1986) is a Moroccan-French film producer, director, and screenwriter.

He is known for producing the films Much Loved, Volubilis, Zanka Contact, and Hounds, and for directing Return to Bollene and Across the Sea.

[1] He lived in Bollène, France, until he left for Paris after finishing his secondary education.

[citation needed] He graduated from La Fémis film school (department of film production), and won a producer scholarship from the Lagardère Foundation.

[citation needed] His debut feature film as director was Return to Bollene (Retour à Bollène), released in 2017, for which he also wrote the script as well as produced.

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi at the Across the Sea premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival