Khalid Saidi, acting CEO of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM), has announced that in 2022 foreign filming in the country earned two billion dirhams, or around €179 million. That nearly doubles October 2022’s original forecast of just over one billion. As a reminder, the turnover in 2019, the last year before all filming was halted, …
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After a two year break, Egyptian producer Amro Rachidi announced filming of Ahl Al Kahf (People of the Cave) will resume in Morocco after Eid and last for one month. Having already shot a third of the film in Egypt, the production chose to complete the filming in Morocco. The production is said to be …
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The Daklha Film Commission took part in the European Film Market (EFM) – the first time that a Moroccan organization has taken part in this event. Considered one of the three major international markets for the audiovisual industry, the EFM was held during the 73rd Berlinale from February 16th to 22nd. Every year nearly 10,000 …
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On March 1st 2023, Spain ceded the Gran Teatro Cervantes to the Kingdom of Morocco. Located in the heart of Tangier, this emblematic cultural venue was designed in 1913 by the Spanish architect Diego Jiménez Armstrong. Built by a wealthy Andalusian couple, the theatre became the property of the Spanish state in 1928. With nearly …
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Director and photographer, Daoud Oulad Sayed, will shoot his next film, Marja Zarga (Blue Lagoon), in the province of Assa-Zag. Located on the border of Western Sahara, the region is mainly rural and desert, elements which attract the director because it “presents an atypical space for filming with amazing natural qualities”. Co-written by Daoud Oulad …
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The Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mehdi Bensaïd, has said that the call for applications for the post of Director General of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) will soon be open. Since Sarim Fassi-Firhi’s departure in 2021 the CCM has been without a head. Abdelaziz Bouzadaini is the current acting director, the third person …
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Franco-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui’s first feature Parmi nous (English title: Animalia) will be taking part in the Sundance Film Festival’s international competition from January 19thto 29th. This is the second time a film by Ms. Alaoui has been shown at Sundance. In 2020 her short film Qu’importe si les bêtes meurent, received the Grand Jury …
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