Overview of articles
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350 MYA
The Tafilalt region in the Sahara Desert was once the Rheic Ocean. 350 MYA conjures the ocean’s presence in the landscape: deep time in the…Published on: -
Fajr
Three figures appear from the gloom. Dawn gives the abstract silhouettes in the desert increasing volume, while the call to prayer breaks the silPublished on: -
Mimosas
Mystical wisdom and poetic suggestion go hand-in-hand in this quest filmed on beautiful 35mm under Herzogesque conditions in Morocco’s Atlas MouPublished on: -
Sweat Rain
A both empathic and poetic drama set in the Moroccan countryside. Family, poverty, work and pride are the most important motivations of M’Barek,Published on: -
Much Loved
An intimate and candid drama about the life of prostitutes in Marrakesh. Once again Ayouch (Les cheveaux de Dieu) uncovers a reality that some peoplePublished on: -
Honey and Old Cheese
Hassan (17) prepares to leave his mountain village in Morocco. He is going to his father in the Netherlands. But how do you leave your…Published on: -
Faux départ
False Start observes the elaborate fossil industry in Morocco and is a sly meditation on authenticity and a paean to the creativity of the ‘preparatorPublished on: -
Atlantic.
Fettah’s desire for freedom in Europe is greater than his love for his homeland and family. The young fisherman sets off on an exhausting, perilous…Published on: -
Le grand voyage
Mustapha, an old French Moroccan, feels that he doesn’t have much more time to live. Before he dies, he wants to make one more pilgrimage…Published on: -
Tarfaya
Fortune hunters, people smugglers, drop-outs, cops and other authorities keep each other in a stranglehold in the southern Moroccan town of Tarfaya. APublished on: