News about audiovisual in Morocco
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The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) has unveiled the official selection for the 20th Tangier National Film Festival. With 30 films in the official competition, this unmissable event of Moroccan cinema will be held from March 1st to 9th. The feature films were selected by a committee chaired by film critic Omar Belkhemmar. His fellow jury …
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Last December, at the 17th Marrakesh International Film Festival, five women producers and directors launched the Tamayouz Foundation with the aim of helping young Moroccan women build careers in the film and broadcasting professions. Dounia Benjelloun-Mezian, producer and co-founder of the project, said the foundation “wants to offer talented young women the springboard necessary for …
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In Morocco, 894 filming authorisations were issued during 2018. This figure was announced in a press release from the Ministry of Culture and Communication on December 31st. The authorisations were for foreign television channels as well as Moroccan and international film productions. Morocco is particularly attractive for any international production which needs desert and urban …
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Created in 2016, the Moroccan web-site Filmexport.ma is a platform to promote Moroccan cinema in all its forms on an international scale. The web-site’s main aim is to give visibility to the increasing number of national productions. Indeed the Moroccan film industry is in good shape – Moroccan film production is growing, driven by a …
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The first Casablanca Arab Film Festival was held from December 10th to 15th in the Ritz, Rialto and Rif cinemas. The festival offered Moroccan audiences a rich programme, with 8 films in competition and two broader overviews: one on Moroccan and the other on Arab films. In addition to screenings, the festival offered two master …
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The 17th Marrakesh International Film Festival opened on November 30th at the Palais des Congrès with the screening of Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate. The director’s sixth feature is about the last years of Vincent Van Gogh’s life, performed by actor Willem Dafoe. After a year’s absence the festival made its comeback with many new …
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On November 5th the “Parity and Diversity” committee of the Moroccan channel 2M announced the launch of the first digital platform for professional African women. Khadija Boujanoui, chair of the committee, said the ambition of this “constructive interaction platform [is] to create a dialogue between well-qualified women on the African continent,” adding that the goal …
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