All Morocco articles
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Reviews‘Backstage’: Red Sea Review
Members of a Moroccan dance troup find themselves lost in the woods in this spellbinding drama
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NewsMorocco’s ‘The Mother of All Lies’ wins historic top prize at Marrakech
Further winners included Kamal Lazraq’s ‘Hounds’ and Lina Soualem’s ‘Bye Bye Tiberius’.
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NewsBuzzy Atlas Workshop project ‘The Camel Driving School’ adds international co-producers (exclusive)
‘The Camel Driving School’ is about a Moroccan woman who becomes part of a group of rebel women in her community.
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NewsTunisia’s ‘Motherhood’, Palestine’s ‘Amnesia’ grab top prizes at Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops
‘Motherhood’ is directed by Tunisa’s Meryam Joobeur while ‘Amnesia’ is by Palestine’s Dima Hamdam.
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Features“I’m excited for my project to be out in the world”: Inside the ateliers of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops
The talent deveopment programme takes place in ateliers and has the feel of an artists’ residence.
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NewsMarrakech film festival opens with demure red carpets, denim-clad attendees and a low-key mood
However Jessica Chastain and her jury could be relied on for glamour.
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NewsMartin Scorsese forced to pull out of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops for “personal reasons”
The ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ director has to stay in New York.
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FeaturesMorocco’s Adnane Baraka turns to fiction for third film ‘We Don’t Forget’
“The narrative resonates with current uncertainties,” suggests Baraka, who is participating in the Atlas Workshops.
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FeaturesErige Sehiri reveals details of ‘Marie & Jolie’, her anticipated follow-up to ‘Under The Fig Trees’
“Visibility allows you to be heard more and sooner for the next film, but funding is just as difficult,” says the Tunisian director.
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FeaturesIsmaël El Iraki talks developing Atlas Workshops project ‘Wolfmother’ with France’s Bac Films
At $3m, the film noir is a “pretty ambitious project”, says the Moroccan director.
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News“I insist on quality”: Atlas Workshops’ Hédi Zardi on genre films and the growing appeal of Arab and African cinema
The Atlas Workshops feature the participation of Martin Scorsese as its first patron this year.
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Features“We screen 440 hours of new content a year:” How Al Jazeera is becoming a major documentary player
“We are a bridge between filmmakers to the north and to the south.”
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NewsMarrakech’s Atlas Workshops unveils 25 projects from Arab and African filmmakers for 2023 edition
Projects come from 11 different countries across the Arab world and African continent.
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NewsMarrakech unveils 2023 line-up and sets Richard Linklater’s ‘Hit Man’ as opening film
Festival has programmed 75 films from 36 countries.
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NewsJoanna Hogg, Joel Edgerton join Marrakech festival jury
Zar Amir, Camille Cottin, Dee Rees, Tarek Saleh, Alexander Skarsgård and Leïla Slimani also join the jury
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NewsSpain’s Zabriskie Films launches distribution arm with Un Certain Regard title ‘Hounds’ (exclusive)
‘Hounds’ is the feature debut of Moroccan director Kamal Lazraq.
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Reviews‘The Mother Of All Lies’: Cannes Review
Asmae El Moudir explores the history of both her family and her Casablanca neighbourhood in this distinctive documentary
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NewsAhmed Yassin Al Daradji’s ‘Hanging Gardens’ tops Critics Awards for Arab Films
Morocco’s ‘The Blue Caftan’ wins a hat-trick of awards.
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Reviews‘Hounds’: Cannes Review
A hard-boiled thriller from Morocco about a father and son in over their heads
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Reviews‘Deserts’: Cannes Review
The adventures of Casablancan debt collectors take a sharp turn in Fauzi Bensaidi’s disorienting drama