Adil Khemmar

Born 2002-11-28 · Mohammedia, Morocco

Born on November 28, 2002, in Mohammedia and raised in Casablanca, Adil Khemmar is a Moroccan filmmaker whose life has been inseparable from cinema. From a young age, he developed not just a passion but an obsession for the moving image, seeing in film not just entertainment, but a language, a refuge, and a way of being. Cinema became his constant companion: a space where silence spoke louder than words, where memory could be reimagined, and where emotion shaped narrative more than dialogue ever could. This deep connection drove him to found MYouth, a creative collective turned production platform, with the dream of empowering young Moroccan voices through the lens. Adil’s work as a director is marked by introspection, poetry, and visual subtlety. Beyond telling stories, he seeks to translate feeling, to make cinema that listens, breathes, and lingers. Through MYouth, he continues to nurture a cinematic movement rooted in freedom, authenticity, and love for the art itself.