International sales agent Lucky Number has picked up Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s animated feature “Bouchra,” which will premiere in the competitive Platform section of the Toronto Film Festival next month. Variety debuts the first clip from the film.
The New York Film Festival will host the film’s U.S. premiere later in September.
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The film centers on Bouchra, a Moroccan filmmaker in New York, who is paralyzed by the fear of the blank page. A phone call with her mother in Casablanca has memories resurfacing. Their tender
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