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73 articles available in total starting from 18/09/2002. Last article published on 10/12/2024.

Hédi Zardi • Head, Atlas Workshops

Interview: Hédi Zardi • Head, Atlas Workshops

“We have powerful stories – what I felt this year was that the filmmakers had the ability to absorb their reality”

The current head of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops speaks about the highlights of this year’s industry programme and how it trains up-and-coming talent from the region  

10/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops

Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays triumphs at Marrakech

Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays triumphs at Marrakech

The film also collected twin Best Actress gongs, while Damian Kocur’s Under the Volcano emerged as another double winner for Best Director and Best Actor  

09/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Awards

REPORT: Atlas Workshops 2024

REPORT: Atlas Workshops 2024

The seventh edition of Marrakech’s industry platform includes five exciting European co-productions that have begun to pique interest  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops

Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Princesse Téné scoop the top prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops

Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Princesse Téné scoop the top prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops

Other winners included Lina Soualem’s Alicante, Abdallah Al Khatib’s Chronicles from the Siege and Linda Lô’s Lucky Girl  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops/Awards

Jawad Rhalib • Director of Since I Was Born

Interview: Jawad Rhalib • Director of Since I Was Born

“Working with the long duration of the documentary format is also moving forward into the unknown”

We met with the Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker to talk about his documentary, which focuses on the often thwarted destinies of children in the High Atlas, between tradition and rurality  

03/12/2024 | Cinemamed 2024

Review: The Thousand and One Days of Hajj Edmond

Review: The Thousand and One Days of Hajj Edmond

Simone Bitton weaves together an elegiac love letter to lesser-known Moroccan Jewish writer and intellectual Edmond Amran El Maleh  

03/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024

Review: Since I Was Born

Review: Since I Was Born

Jawad Rhalib follows a small village girl from the High Atlas fighting to pursue her studies, and thus paints the subtle portrait of a rural population and its challenges  

02/12/2024 | Cinemamed 2024

Marrakech unveils the official selection and jury for its star-studded 21st edition

Marrakech unveils the official selection and jury for its star-studded 21st edition

This year's festival, bringing together widely acclaimed films and breakout works, is identifiable by its rich set of transnational co-productions  

07/11/2024 | Marrakech 2024

Marrakech announces the 27 projects and films selected for this year's Atlas Workshops

Marrakech announces the 27 projects and films selected for this year's Atlas Workshops

Expanded to five days of rigorous industry sessions, the workshops boast the participation of 21 European co-productions  

30/10/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops

EXCLUSIVE: Meryem Benm'Barek shooting Behind the Palm Trees

EXCLUSIVE: Meryem Benm'Barek shooting Behind the Palm Trees

Sara Giraudeau, Driss Ramdi, Carole Bouquet and Olivier Rabourdin are starring in the second feature film - produced by Tessalit and sold by Pyramide - by the director rewarded at Cannes in 2018  

03/10/2024 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium/Morocco/UK

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