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Aït-Benhaddou is a Moroccan ksar, or fortified village, in the Ounila Valley, in the province of Ouarzazate. Since 1987 it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Directors from all over the world come here to make their films : Sodom and Gomorrah (1962), The Mummy (1999) and Gladiator (2000) were filmed in Aït-Benhaddou. More …
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Since mid-February Arte’s new series, Alger Confidential, has been filming in Germany and Morocco, and will continue until April 9th. The director is Frédéric Jardin (Braquo, Engrenages) and the scripts are written by Abdel Raouf Dafri (Un prophète, Mesrine). Alger Confidential, a mini-series of four 45-minute episodes, is adapted from Olivier Bottini’s novel Paix à …
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On February 5th Adam, a first feature by Moroccan actress, director and screenwriter Maryam Touzani, was released in French cinemas. Her film has already been noticed in various festivals – at Cannes in two categories, Un certain regard and the Queer Palm, then later at the Angoulême French-language film festival. Maryam Touzani uses her camera …
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With its enormous variety of landscapes, Morocco hosts many film productions, both large and small. In April 2015, The Guardian listed the kingdom as one of the best destinations in the world for making films. Indeed the government has created many incentives to encourage film productions and to further improve its offer. Many directors are …
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Last week marked the start of filming for The Last Planet, Terrence Malick’s latest film. It’s a hectic time for the director of The Tree of Life – on December 11th he launches A Hidden Life in French cinemas, following its success at Cannes in May. The production unit has been in Ouarzazate (Morocco) since …
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The 2nd Fête du Cinéma in Marrakech was organized from September 27th to 29th. The Festival opened with Zabou Breitman’s Swallows of Kabul. There were screenings of Moroccan film classics, such as: De quelques événements sans signification (1974, Mostafa Derkaoui) and the rushes of La Longue Journée (1969, Mohamed Abazi and Donna Woolf), discovered in …
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On the evening of September 21st in Beirut the Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) will launch its new channel, MBC5, specifically for Morocco and North African countries. Mazen Hayek, MBC spokesperson, says, “MBC5 has many objectives for the region, all of them ambitious. It goes without saying that this project will stimulate investment, significantly increase …
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