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Baya Kasmi

Baya Kasmi

Writer, actor and director · Born January 1, 1978 (48) · Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Born in Toulouse in 1978, Baya Kasmi began working with Michel Leclerc on a TV series about adolescence, Âge sensible (2002), before the screenplay for Le Nom des gens (2010), which is said to have been inspired by an autobiographical story, won a César award. The duo reformed to write La vie très privée de Monsieur Slim (2015) and La lutte des classes (2018). As a director, she first established herself successfully in a short format with J'aurais pu être une pute, nominated for a César in 2012 for Best Short Film, which revealed Vimala Pons alongside Bruno Podalydès. The young actress went on to play the lead role in Je suis à vous tout de suite (2015), the director's first feature film. She then went on to work as a scriptwriter (for example, with Thomas Lilti on Hippocrate and Médecin de campagne), and it was not until early 2023 that her second feature was released: Youssef Salem a du succès, starring Ramzy Bedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1978 (48)
From
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Works as
Writer, actor and director
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 7% in 30 days

What are Baya Kasmi's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
36%
Morality
22%
Bonds
21%
Society
8%
Survival
7%
Power
5%
Identity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 9 · Serious 3 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 9 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
8
Tense
4
Joyful
4
Melancholic
4
Absurd
3
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Baya Kasmi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Baya Kasmi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Les caprices de l'Enfant-Roi(2026)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Le Parfum du bonheur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Le mélange des genres(2025)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Dog on Trial(2024)

    Script Consultant

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Mikado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Writer

  • Bambino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Cathy

  • Le premier venu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Screenplay · as Sara

  • The (In)Famous Youssef Salem(2022)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Not My Type (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Screenplay · as Mme Pietri

  • Je t'aime, filme-moi!(2022)

    Actor

  • Le Grand Bazar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

  • Battle of the Classes(2019)

    Screenplay · as Mlle Delamarre

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Father & Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Agathe

  • Savage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Christine, the mother

  • My Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Sybille

  • Sextape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as La Tante

  • Just to Be Sure(2017)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • La Fine Équipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Dom

  • Irreplaceable(2016)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Very Private Life of Mister Sim(2015)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • I'm All Yours(2015)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Paris-Willouby(2015)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor(2014)

    Scenario Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • I Could've Been a Hooker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Dialogue · Screenplay

  • The Names of Love(2010)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Histoires de vies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 12 episodes · Scenario Writer

  • Rose royal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 26 titles, 25 of them dated from 2010 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Irreplaceable (2016)

$15M worldwide

Highest rated

The Names of Love (2010)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

Les caprices de l'Enfant-Roi (2026)

Film career

  • 2018Screen debut· Sextape

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting10 of 26: 7 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting7 of 26: 1 only directing, 6 with another roleWriting18 of 26: 9 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdOther crew1 of 26: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

26 titles, 9 with more than one role — writing and acting overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s15 · 6 acting · 10 crew2020s10 · 4 acting · 8 crew

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Baya Kasmi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of the 12 of 13 with a score; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · writer

Paris-Willouby (2015)

59th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

The Names of Love (2010)

Midcredits 85th · 75% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 65/100 and the plot and story 56/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Baya Kasmi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Baya Kasmi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michel Leclerc shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers