Born in Casablanca, Morocco (1991), lives and works in France.
Lina Laraki is a graduate from Central Saint Martins (2014) and Le Fresnoy (2022). Her practice sits between visual arts and cinema. In her films, Lina stages characters existing on the edge and navigating different borders, wether existential or circumstantial, in fantasised and surreal worlds.
Her films have been shown internationally, that includes The Last Observer at Sheffield DocFest 2021, Halves Through Night at Fantasia IFF 2022 and Shinigami at Imagine Fantastic Film Festival 2023, recipient of the Casciani prize and awarded Best Director and Best VFX at the South African Horror Film Festival in 2023.