SPOTLIGHT ON : MOROCCO | Works in Progress

Berlinale Industry Events

Access: Festival Accreditation & (Online) Market Badge

Sun Feb 15 14:30 – 15:30 EFM Cinemobile
on-site only

THE MISSING CAMEL
Shocked to hear Sarkozy assert that African man has no history, Cheikh wants to prove that he is the descendant of a Senegalese king who fought French settlers. Started in Mauritania in the footsteps of his grandfather, Cheikh's journey will end in Senegal at the glorious ancestor’s.
Documentary (creative)
Production: Abel Aflam
Status: In post-production

THE PASSAGE
In 2015, Farid, a wedding musician who has become a migrant smuggler by force of circumstances, is confronted with his own humanity when the fate of a pregnant Sub-Saharan woman and a Syrian couple falls into his hands.
Fiction
Morocco
Production: Azir Productions
Status: In post-production

UNTIL DAWN
A teenage newspaper vendor is torn between forbidden love and a marriage arranged by his mother.
Fiction
Morocco
Production: Jana Prod
Director: Mohamed Zineddaine
Status: In post-production

ALKEBULAN
Edoardo hunts for a mysterious wrecked ship across the Sahara, while Amastan searches for a stolen sacred amulet of the Tuareg — until their paths collide, revealing ancient secrets of the desert.
Fiction
Morocco
Production: Eclipse Film (Morocco) – Mirage Film (Hungary)
Director: Yassine Marco Marroccu
Status: In post-production

Hosted by

Speakers

Ilham Raouf (she/her)

Producer

Abel Aflam, Morocco

Mohamed Amin Benamraoui (he/him)

Producer

Azir Productions, Morocco

Rachida Saadi (she/her)

Producer

Janaprod, Morocco

Mohamed Zineddaine (she/her)

Director

Andrea Taschler (she/her)

Producer

Mirage Film Studio, Hungary

Yassine Marco Marroccu (he/him)

Director