The kingdom’s film industry saw a steep decline in the number of foreign productions in 2020. The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) annual report reveals that last year only 8 foreign feature films and 9 foreign TV series were filmed in Morocco. Compared to 2019 that represents 77.5% less income from feature film productions and 74.2% less from …
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MOROCCO SYRIA / Three films from Morocco and Syria sweep the board at the Oued-Noun Festival
The 9th Oued-Noun Film Festival was organized online from February 26th to 28th. Usually it takes place in southern Morocco, on the edge of the Sahara in the city of Guelgim. This year’s jury was chaired by Laurine Bauby, a French actress and director, accompanied by Moroccan actress Latefa Ahrar and Tunisian academic Wassim Korbi. The 3 …
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MOROCCO / End of May release for the first science fiction film shot in Morocco
“Lumina” is the first science fiction feature film shot in the Kingdom of Morocco. Canadian director Gino McKoy filmed in the regions of Marrakech and Ouarzazate, particularly in the Agafay desert and the mountains of that region. In an interview with La Tribune de Marrakech he promises a “mix of drama, action and science fiction.” The plot follows …
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MOROCCO / The drama short film “Riad de mes rêves” chosen for the 2021 Meraki Film Festival
Zineb Tamour’s film has been selected for the final phase of Germany’s Meraki Film Festival. Shot in Rabat and Salé, the director says her film is a “form of protest – on the one hand to raise awareness about Moroccan women’s limited access to the film industry and its related professions; and on the other …
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MOROCCO / “Autisto”, first co-production between Morocco, Israel and the United States
Franco-Moroccan director Jérôme Cohen Olivar has given the first details of his upcoming film “Autisto” in an interview with the Moroccan news channel Le360. “Autisto” is about Ronit, a Jewish woman from Tel Aviv, and her long fight for her autistic and epileptic child. When yet another epileptic seizure sends her son to hospital, Ronit seems …
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EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FILM FESTIVALS AND MARKETS
Dans cette page vous pouvez consulter, en ordre chronologique, le calendrier des festivals et marchés euro-méditerranéens attentifs au développement et à la valorisation du genre documentaire. Un regard spécial sur ceux qui s’occupent en particulier de la promotion du film méditerranéen (même s’ils sont basés loin de la Mare Nostrum). Cliquez sur le mois qui …
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FRANCE / The Mediterranean Coproduction Forum
The 2nd Mediterranean Co-production Forum will take place from October 30th to November 1st in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille. The event is organized by Méditalents, an association helping film-makers from all Mediterranean countries to write or develop their projects. Through this Forum the association hopes to build a co-production and cultural network. The Forum …
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