Abdellah El Hajjouji
Acting
Biography
Abdellah El Hajjouji, also known as Louis Easstwood, is a Moroccan director and producer celebrated for his visually poetic style and emotionally powerful cinema. In 2023, he was honored with the Best Performance Award (Prix d’interprétation) at the Écrans Mixtes festival in Lyon, France. Now based in Toronto, Canada, Abdellah continues to create independent films that transcend cultural boundaries and inspire human connection. He is the co-founder of LSFILMS Production,a production company dedicated to independent storytelling. Currently, he is working on a documentary film series in Morocco and Egypt in collaboration with emerging young directors, exploring identity and the human experience through the universal language of cinema.
Known For
Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she’s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point.
The Damned Don't Cry
The Path to God" is a contemplative independent short film that explores the quiet coexistence of different religions through the journey of a solitary man searching for meaning in a divided world. As he navigates diverse streets, sacred places of worship, and everyday human encounters, the film reveals that despite superficial differences in faith, language, and belief, the journey toward the divine is guided by the same universal values: peace, compassion, and respect. Refraining from preaching or judgment, this moving documentary invites viewers to reflect on spirituality as a shared human experience—where faith acts not as a barrier, but as a bridge toward mutual understanding and harmonious coexistence.
The Path to God
God's Men 2026