Announced in September 2022 by representatives from several film festivals, the Union marocaine des festivals de cinéma (UMFC) held its first general assembly on January 7th in Rabat and elected its executive board. Ben Younes Bahkani (director of the Saidia Film Festival) was elected president, Azzedine El Ouafi (director of the Cap Spartel Festival in …
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Friday March 12th in Rabat, the Office National Marocain du Tourisme (ONMT) and the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) signed a partnership agreement to promote Morocco in the international film and audiovisual industry. The goal is to make the country more attractive to foreign producers and to encourage growth. According to Observateur.info, this partnership plans to develop an offer called “Morocco, Shooting …
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A new private channel, Télé Maroc, was launched last week. A minor event, although until now the country had only one private television channel. This generalist satellite channel, available on Nilesat, currently broadcasts programmes exclusively in classical Arabic and Darija, the Moroccan Arabic dialect. “The most important thing for me,” explains its creator, journalist Rachid …
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After three years of discussion, the Moroccan Amateur Film Federation held its first AGM on January 28th 2017. The session was well-attended, with 15 amateur clubs and associations, 4 of them in the process of being created, as well as individual film-makers, both amateur and professional, critics and journalists. During the meeting the Federation’s status …
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On June 21st a fire devastated part of the Ouarzazate Cinema Museum. Apparently the fire was caused by the special effects used during a film shoot. No casualties were reported but a large part of the museum’s equipment, sets and other material were destroyed. Covering an area of 2 hectares, the Ouarzazate Cinema Museum was …
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Morocco was the only Arab country present at the International Animated Film Market (MIFA), part of the 48th Annecy International Festival of Animated Film. The pavilion was run by the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM). CCM’s presence at MIFA gave people working in animation in Morocco the chance to show their film and audiovisual productions and …
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On June 10th Jérôme Cohen-Olivar’s feature film, Autisto, began six weeks’ filming in Casablanca. Produced by Zhor Fassi-Fihri, the film is about a mother struggling with her teenage son’s severe autism. Refusing to accept his disability, she fights to help him find his place in society. The director explained that the film is inspired by …
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