Graduated from ESAV in 2009 with his short film Certains pieds ne peuvent pas danser (Some feet can't dance), Hicham Elladdaqi edited several fiction, documentary and reportage films before joining Meditalents.He concomitantly developed his feature film project Le cri (The Cry), as well as his short film La troisième main (The Third Hand), a prequel to Le Cri.