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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MOROCCO / Marrakech International Film Festival: candidate call
The 20th Marrakech International Film Festival has announced that the application call for this year’s festival is now open. The call is also open for the 6th Atlas Workshops. Created in 2001, the Marrakech International Film Festival will be held this year from November 24th to December 2nd. The call for films is not only …
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MOROCCO / 2M and RTBF sign a partnership agreement
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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ALGERIA – MOROCCO / “Mayna” and “Bghit Hyatek” win awards at the Dakar Series Festival
During the first Dakar Series Festival, the Algerian series Mayna and the Moroccan series Bghit Hyatek both won awards. Organized from May 3rd to 6th Dakar Series is the first pan-African festival for television series. During those four days the event showed series produced across the African continent, offering as well professional discussions and networking …
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MOROCCO / “Scirocco” begins production
Moroccan director Yassine Marco Marroccu has started production of his feature film Scirocco. The film is set in Casablanca in the spring of 1961. Edoardo (43) embarks on a mission to salvage a mysterious ship wrecked on the Atlantic coast in a dangerous area controlled by local tribes and the Moroccan army. The ship is …
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MOROCCO / Record turnover for the CCM
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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MOROCCO – EGYPT / Filming resumes on “Ahl Al Kahf”
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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