Whispers of the Past

Qazi Fazli Azeem is a Pakistani designer, educator and advocate for neurodiversity. He completed his MFA in 2014 from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, in Boston USA through the Fulbright Scholarship. He was taught documentary production by Brent Huffman of the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University while at the Centre for Excellence in Journalism at the IBA University in Karachi, Pakistan. His film students have gone on to win international awards, including Erasmus, Fulbright and Commonwealth scholarships. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Design at Media at the School of Social Science, Arts and Humanities where he teaches design and film courses at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.

Yassine Bouhouch is a Moroccan writer and director pursuing a terminal MFA in Film with a concentration in Screenwriting and Directing at Ohio University, where he also serves as a Graduate Assistant in the School of Film. He holds a BA in Communication Studies with a concentration in Media Production (Filmmaking) and a minor in Psychology from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. His work blends documentary realism with emotionally grounded storytelling, often focusing on memory, guilt, drama, and marginalized perspectives. He develops intimate, character-driven narratives that explore the psychological and social dimensions of lived experience.