Today we’d like to introduce you to Samir & Hicham Harrag. Them and their team share their story with us below:
The Harrag brothers make their acting debut in high school when they are given major parts in Georges Feydeau’s famous play “Mais n’te promène donc pas toute nue!”. This experience marks the revelation of their passion for acting. After that, they will do everything in their power to pursue one of their biggest dreams: becoming actors in the French movie industry.
After graduating from high school, they sign up for renowned acting classes in Paris to level up their game, and they build up a solid cinematographic culture.
Being from a modest social class, the twins work hard to pay for those expensive classes, but they also use their mischief and the perks of being twin brothers. Indeed, le Cours Florent remembers this student with a double face, character, and personality… the brothers Hicham and Samir.
One seat for two, never one without the other… Their brotherhood is at the heart of their story and it is also their biggest strength.
The twin brothers are quickly given opportunities to work for diverse major French and international production companies, Amongst them, Samir is a recurring character on the French channel FranceTVSplash series ASKIP. Samir and Hicham share the top of the bill of the French feature movie Compatible which is released in October 2021. The twins are also part of the cast of the famous French directors Ladjli and Kim Chapiron’s upcoming feature movie.
Along with those experiences, the twins start working on their own projects as writers, actors, and directors. Their first short movies Sacré Cœur (2016) and Nhel Cheitan (2018) are selected in notorious French and international film festivals, amongst which the prestigious Festival de Cannes Short Film. Nhel Cheitan is granted the Grand Prix and Best Screenplay awards in Oujda’s film festival in Morocco. From the very first project, the twins showcase a strong commitment in regard to the story they want to tell. Authenticity, creativity, and a gift to communicate strong and genuine emotions to the audience are part of their special touch. Teamwork is also one of their core values, which is part of their success.
The twins’ third short movie, Grand Gaillard (Big Guy), released in 2021, showcases yet another side of their skills as writers, directors and producers. Grand Gaillard is selected around 55 festivals around the world like including prestigious Rhode Island festival, their movie is awarded around 20 prizes across the world, such as the Jury Award at the famous festival London LAHFF and Meihodo New York Film festival where Hicham & Samir received an award from Michael Douglas and Juliette Binoche.
While their projects have limited budgets, the films are always supported by a strong core team of professionals who believe in them and in their talent. While making movies, the twins keep improving their acting skills as they take the Actor’s Studio courses in Paris led by Joël Bui.
In 2022 Hicham & Samir collaborate in many projects, they did them first step in fashion industry with 5 fashion videos. They had the privilege of working with the famous DOP Xavier Dolean who worked in many big production like the last one Tv Show Mrs Davids for Warner Bros (10 millions dollars per episodes), he trusted on them in those projects like Another side, Gypsy Funeral, Last Dance, My Bff’s and Rainy Rose. They have already planned to work together in their next film “Speaker Boy”. This year is fruitful for them on many projects, they are in final phase of production with Yaya Production (Yamina Belarbi producer of “L’Ecume des jours” budget 19 millions Euros) on a new project “L’Escale” who they wrote with one of the most famous scriptwriters of France Fadette Drouard, she Wrote many movies who was selected to the prestigious Festival of Cannes like Papicha, Gaza mon amour, Patient… worked as writers and co-producers with “Happy Two Productions” on a feature film “Tomorrow’s dawn” who is in the production phase, the main character will be played by Daren Nop one of the most famous Hollywood stuntmen. He played John Wick 4, Moon Knight, The king’s man, Black widow, Solo Star Wars, Valerian, Sens8… They also Adapted and will produce with them own production Studio Cine Magueule their short film Grand Gaillard as a feature film with the collaboration of the renowned script doctor Kamel Guemra who won the Cesar for the best film last year with the film Tout simplement noir.
STUDIO CINE MAGUEULE AT A GLANCE…
4 short movies, 1 documentary
More than 115 nominations and
28 awards in international film festivals
50 Web-series episodes, 5 fashion videos
Several music videos and advertising for major
brands like Nike, Evian x Mate, JVC, Aigle, Artonvel, Triumph, Headsquare, Ofive Tv, France TV or Leboncoin
Nine months ago, they took the bold decision to chase their dream to the ends of the earth by heading to Hollywood, the temple of cinema. Since their tender childhood, they have been influenced by the great Hollywood classics such as E.T, Jumanji, Back to the Future, Gremlins, The Goonies and many more. Their burning ambition was to make a film in the USA, and since then, they have been unstoppable! They have already created fashion videos, music videos, documentaries, and short films, without losing an ounce of their determination. They are determined to conquer Hollywood with passion and drive.
As you know, we’re big fans of Studio Cine Magueule & Twins Corp Agency. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
Studio Ciné Magueule
In 2014, we launch our production and decide to name it Studio Ciné Magueule, a mix of a typical French phrase and the prestigious Actor Studio which was a milestone in our carrier.
Inspired by their mentors from the famous Kourtrajmé and Jamel Comedy Club, Studio Ciné Magueule produces short movies but also several web series created by we ourselves’ re: No Mans Land, La voiture craint, Ramadance, Et toi tu votes? Studio Cine Magueule also aims at collaborating with new talented artists and at supporting them.
With that view, Studio Ciné Magueule keeps adding new talents and partners to its team, all from several generations, cultures and social backgrounds. Today Studio Cine Magueule it’:
4 Movies
1 Documentary
1 TV Show
115 nominations and 28 awards in international film festivals
50 Web-series episodes, 5 fashion videos
Several music videos
Twins Corp Agency
We created this agency in 2021, we have always been attracted to the world of advertising and creation of fashion video, we love fashion and associated with photography in motion and this passion of fashion us with our cinematic touch gives us a rather unique touch, so we created this structure to dedicate ourselves to advertising. It is also to be creative enough to highlight a product, give it a soul and the desire to be acquired, it is a challenge that keeps us open to satisfaction.
Today Twins Corp are brands like Nike, Evian, Mate, JVC, Aigle, Artonvel, Triumph, Headsquare, Ofive Tv, France TV or Leboncoin and many others…
In terms of your work and the industry, what are some of the changes you are expecting to see over the next five to ten years?
With passion, we want to bring our dream to life of creating and producing films, commercial and that bridge the gap between France and the USA.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.studiocinemagueule.com / www.twinscorpagency.com
- Instagram: @samirharrag, @hichamharrag, @studiocinemagueule, @twinscorpagency
- Linkedin: @studiocinemagueule, @twinscorpagency
Image Credits
Toma Kostygina (1st photo) Nazhachi (8 photos)
