A carefree summer vacation turns into an inescapable terror trap for a group of young students who buy a vintage instant camera from a mysterious local shop owner...
In Casablanca, Ali, Hmida, Mbarek and Messoud are four unemployed youths who spend their time dreaming of a better life in the Netherlands. One day, Hmida falls on a specialist of illegal immigration, Ouchen. The four friends manage to collect enough money only for the departure of one of them,...
In the early 1960s, after Morocco’s independence from France, many of the country’s Jews clandestinely left for Palestine. The Jews of the little town of Bejjad plot their departure with the help of their rabbi. Once he learns of the Jews’ plans, Mustapha, the bar-owner, panics; if all the...
Rachid is a young man who survives in Morroco boxing in clandestine fights in order to save enough money with which to pay a smuggler, and be able to cross the Strait of Gibraltar with his two friends.
As co-directed by brothers Swad and Imad Noury (and produced by their mother, Pilar Cazorla), The Moroccan picture Heaven's Doors (2005) employs an episodic narrative, with three related substories presented sequentially. The Nourys shoot the episodes in distinct cinematographic styles (and with...
Sami, Zouhair, and Hicham get involved in a trouble with the police, which results in Sami's arrest. As Hicham and Zouhair rush to request aid from Amal and Sara and the lawyer Nisrin to help their detained buddy, but they run into complications, including coming up with 30 million for his bail.
Al-Baroni's film deals with part of the life of the well-known Libyan freedom fighter (Suleiman Pasha Al-Baroni), better known as "The Leader", who was born in 1870 in the city of Kabao in the Nafusa Mountains of Libya. He was famous for combining science, religion, politics, poetry and literature,...
Bant Lahlal presents the story of a courageous woman who faces social and personal challenges with strength and resilience. The film reflects her difficult journey in search of safety and support in an uncooperative environment.
Marouane and Fouad, two friends in their thirties who share the same apartment, run a pastry shop well known for one of its specialties. Marouane is a smart, good-natured guy who enjoys life to the full and spends his days foolishly doing nothing. Unlike Fouad, who is, in fact, just the opposite....
Ahmed Guessous loses his parents during the war of Gaza in 1924. He will be found and adopted by Lieutenant Bourget Bourget keep him under his protection until he died a few months later. The friend of Bourget, Gassiaux, who promised his friend to keep this child, take him and educate him without...
Maati, owner of a hearse, is charged by the family of the deceased to transport the body of their relative from Marrakech to Tetouan for his burial following his will. Accompanied by his pregnant wife, the couple will face tragi-comical events and conflicting situations during their journey where...
