Swailem has three daughters, and his brother Swaileh has three sons. The two work in trade and live next door to each other. As Swailem faces bankruptcy, Swaileh's projects prosper, and Swailem is forced to sell his possessions to him. Some attribute Swailem's misfortune to his daughters, but time will prove otherwise.
Once a Punk, always a Punk? This is the story of Stof whom we followed for 8 years through the popular districts of Casablanca. He pays his independence at a high price when he finds himself arrested.
A determined group of Moroccan Hip Hop hopefuls band together to create their country's first Hip Hop festival, a celebration of music, unity, and free speech.
El colonialismo español en Marruecos fue determinante en la historia de España. Tras el desastre del 98 la monarquí¬a y los militares se empeñaron en controlar este territorio a pesar de la enorme oposición popular. El Barranco del Lobo, la Semana Trágica, Annual… El conflicto costó decenas de miles de vidas y ayudo a polarizar a la sociedad española. La Guerra Civil Española fue, en parte, consecuencia de este conflicto. Los marroquíes, eternos enemigos, se convirtieron en firmes aliados del bando franquista.
Shot on location in a very remote part of southern Morocco, this short film looks into the amazing craftsmanship and dedication of the Berber rug weavers in the region. These incredibly talented people are part of an ancient tradition that still employs centuries-old techniques to produce beautiful and unique handwoven rugs.
Fadma, 75, tells her life story including being recruited as a sex worker for the French army aged 20, and her views on love, parenthood, and destiny.
In the summer of 2011, Nadir Bouhmouch, a Moroccan student studying abroad in California returns to his home country and finds it in a state of turmoil. The uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt had spread to Morocco. Organized by a group of students called the February 20th movement through Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and a website called Mamfakinch; People were flooding the streets and demanding change. But the Makhzen (the ruling elite) refuses to abandon it's grasp. This film investigates what gave birth to the revolt and the obstacles it encounters on it's struggle for freedom, democracy, human rights and an end to corruption and poverty.
We approach to invisible details for our eyes, figures disappearing as we move away from them, diluted in space. Parts that are integrated into the whole landscape. The remoteness as disappearance. The human figure betrays us here negligible small in the vastness of the territory, the voracity of the active vacuum that surrounds him. Images captured in the Atlas region in Morocco.
Following the death of Amina Filali, a 16 year-old girl who killed herself after she was allegedly forced to marry the man who raped her, a young woman carries a personal investigation into the representation and perception of rape in Morocco. Here rapists are offered to marry their victims as a means to save the "honour" of the family. By liberating the voices of these victims, 475 : Break the Silence gives an unprecedented view of family, the deceit of love, relationships, marriage and honour in urban deprived areas of a country seeking to find its identity between modernity and tradition.
At 14 Rabha El Haimer was an illiterate child bride, beaten, raped and then rejected. Ten years later, she is a single mother, fighting to legalise her sham marriage and secure a future for her illegitimate daughter. With unprecedented access to the Moroccan justice system, “Bastards” follows Rabha’s fight from the Casablanca slums to the high courts.
Marruecos no quiere que se conozca la situación de los territorios ocupados del Sáhara Occidental -territorio separado del resto de África por un muro de 2.720 km de largo-, la población saharaui vive en constante amenaza, ni siquiera pueden nombrar las palabras "Sáhara Occidental" o "referéndum", y la situación se resume como "el problema". Marruecos quiere silenciar los territorios ocupados del Sáhara Occidental y con ello ahogar la voz de todo un pueblo.
A worn-out floor, the hole underneath, a political activist, and the Ouled Sbita tribe are the protagonists in this political satire. For 23 years, the director’s chair at an international art institute scratched the wooden floor. This 102cm x 120cm floor section is cut out and sent to an expropriated piece of land in Morocco. In The Hole’s Journey, Ghita Skali uses sharp wit, personal stories and playful editing to touch on specific power dynamics and freedom of choice.
An undercover documentary film produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara. The documentary covers the current human rights and political situation of the Sahrawi. There are several interviews recorded with human rights victims including an elderly lady who had been attacked in her home the previous day by Moroccan security forces. There is also a focus given to the alleged vested interests of countries in the region, particularly France. The film states that the French Government's close relationship with Morocco, their trade deals and their use of veto over the terms of the UN mission in Western Sahara are major factors.
Samir longs for love and struggles to find prospects in a land of limited opportunities. He believes in a better future far away.
A coming of age story of a ten years old Moroccan orphan called Majid who discovers that he can't remember his parents faces anymore and he starts looking for a picture of them.
We approach to invisible details for our eyes, figures disappearing as we move away from them, diluted in space. Parts that are integrated into the whole landscape. The remoteness as disappearance. The human figure betrays us here negligible small in the vastness of the territory, the voracity of the active vacuum that surrounds him. Images captured in the Atlas region in Morocco.
The first-ever Moroccan feature film tells the story of a boy who becomes a delinquent due to his parents' negligence.
El infame barrio de El Raval, con sus estrechas callejuelas repletas de figuras oscuras, se encuentra en el centro de Barcelona, en el casco antiguo, cerca del agua. Donde antes, marineros compartían los pequeños pisos baratos con las familias trabajadoras, los migrantes de todo el mundo ahora caracterizan la zona.
Amina Filali is a 16-year old Moroccan girl who committed suicide after being forced to marry her alleged rapist. Her tragic death dominated Moroccan and international media in March 2012. Amina had accused a young man in her village of rape, but because authorities failed to properly investigate her accusations, she was married to her rapist following a citation from article 475 of the Moroccan penal code. This article dismisses a rapist of his charges as long as he marries his victim. A year after her marriage, Amina swallowed rat poison, walked into the village market, and died. Through this horrifying affair, the film explores the legal, political, religious and social issues that plague Moroccan women - chipping away at the facade of equality that disguises a deep-seated patriarchal system.