Dounia et la princesse d’Alep

After arriving in Canada in 2007 as a comic book writer and musician, André joined the entertainment studio Frima. Director of the art department, and founder of a branch of the studio in Bordeaux, he opened a 2D animation studio there in 2012 and directed the series “MaXi” (2017) and “L’Agent Jean!” (2018) before co-founding Du Coup Animation in 2018 and Du Coup Production. In 2020, he co-directs the series Dounia with Marya Zarif for Tobo. Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022) was his first feature film.

Born in Syria, Marya grew up in Aleppo. She studied communication and playwriting and graduated from INSIS (Institut national de l’image et du son du Québec). In 2013, she co-created “The House of Syria”, a tribute to Syrian culture, and in 2015 co-founded “I want to play”, a foundation that aims to transform the lives of Syrian refugee children through play. In 2020, she created, scripted and co-directed her first youth animation web series, “Dounia”.