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59 articles available in total starting from 18/09/2002. Last article published on 01/12/2023.

Motherhood is among the winners of the Atlas Workshop in Marrakech

Motherhood is among the winners of the Atlas Workshop in Marrakech

Meryam Joobeur triumphed, alongside Mo Harawe and Mia Bendrimia in the post-production category; Halima Ouardiri, Rokhaya Marieme Balde, Fradique and Sammy Baloji, in the development strand  

01/12/2023 | Marrakech 2023

Gerardo Herrero films Raqa, a thriller starring Álvaro Morte

Gerardo Herrero films Raqa, a thriller starring Álvaro Morte

The Spanish director and producer turns his hand to spy films with the screen adaptation of the book Virgins and Executioners, written by journalist Tomás Bárbulo  

28/11/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain/Morocco

Review: Splendid Hotel

Review: Splendid Hotel

In his new feature, Pedro Aguilera examines a certain stage in Arthur Rimbaud’s life, with Damien Bonnard playing the lead role  

28/11/2023 | Seville 2023

Shooting imminent on Saïd Hamich Benlarbi's La mer au loin

Shooting imminent on Saïd Hamich Benlarbi's La mer au loin

Ayoub Gretaa, Anna Mouglalis and Grégoire Colin lead the cast of the director’s second feature film after Retuen to Bollène, produced by Barney Production  

31/10/2023 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium/Morocco

Nora El Hourch  • Director of Sisterhood

Interview: Nora El Hourch • Director of Sisterhood

"I wanted to describe these young people who fight adult battles with children’s weapons"

The French-Moroccan director explained the highly personal origin of her debut feature film, which is a psychological thriller navigating the grey zones of friendship and consent  

13/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform

Review: Sisterhood

Review: Sisterhood

Nora El Hourch’s film is a direct yet subtle and effective film about a wonderful friendship undermined by the paradoxes of the fight against sexual violence and by social differences  

12/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform

Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane • Directors of Backstage

Interview: Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane • Directors of Backstage

"The idea was to start with the show and then get closer to these characters, who are normal people"

VENICE 2023: The directorial duo talk about their road movie through the forests of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, where we follow a dance troupe as they head out on the last leg of their tour  

07/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Backstage

Review: Backstage

VENICE 2023: The feature debut by directorial duo Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane recreates the vibrant and chaotic universe of what goes on behind the scenes of a touring dance troupe  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Kamal Lazraq • Director of Hounds

Interview: Kamal Lazraq • Director of Hounds

"It’s still a Moroccan film: it’s tragic, funny, weird, sometimes violent, sometimes mystical"

A gripping movie set in the slums of Casablanca and awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes, the Moroccan filmmaker’s first feature is about to hit French cinemas  

18/07/2023 | /France/Morocco/Belgium/Qatar

Faouzi Bensaïdi  • Director of Deserts

Interview: Faouzi Bensaïdi • Director of Deserts

“This is a film against close-ups”

CANNES 2023: Wide open spaces are the clear protagonists in the Moroccan director's buddy movie-turned-love story  

23/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

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