Created by producer Siham El Faydi, the Art’s Factory’s training programme hosted 60 young artists from the Casablanca-Settat region for three months. Organized in partnership with the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, this programme helped young people aged 16 to 32 produce an animated film, a short film and the pilot for a web-series. It was …
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Broadcast by 2M as part of the programme Des Histoires et des Hommes, the first episode of the documentary series attracted 1.6 million viewers. Produced by 2M and Ali n’Productions, this series, consisting of four 52-minute episodes, was written by Rita El Qessar and directed by Nourredine Lakhmari. Through interviews with historians, architects, archaeologists and …
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The Moroccan government has drawn up a draft bill on the film and audiovisual industries. The aim is to create a legal framework enabling Moroccan film-makers to “accompany the major developments, in particular digital and technological, in the cinematographic sector” and thus create a true film industry. In particular the bill creates new powers for …
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On May 10th RTBF, the French-language arm of the Belgian public broadcaster, and 2M signed an agreement to consolidate their partnership. Signed by Faycal Laaraichi, CEO of Morocco’s public broadcaster and Soread 2M and by Jean-Paul Philippot, RTBF’s General Administrator, with Morocco’s Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid overseeing, this agreement covers …
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The poster and programme of the 76th Cannes Film Festival (May 16th to 27th) have been revealed. Many of the films in the Official Competition and the Un Certain Regard section are from the Mediterranean area. This year the Official Competition includes a new film by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia) – Les Filles d’Olfa. This …
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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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