Under the High Patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco.
To many people across the world, Morocco is known as the site of rich scenic locations and beautiful film sets. Building on the stellar accomplishments of veteran directors of past decades before them, a new generation of filmmakers has emerged in the past ten years as a fresh, raw and bold cinematic voice, engaged with the complexities of present-day Morocco. This series highlights contemporary issues that pervade artistic production in Morocco: the legacy of the years of political repression, undocumented workers' migration to Europe, Casablanca as an urban metropolis, and Morocco's increasing commitment to cultural diversity.
Highlights of the World Nomads Morocco CinémaTuesdays series include Faouzi Bensaidi’s A Thousand Months, winner of two awards at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival; the remarkable 1935 short film View of the Main Square and the Small Square from director Gabriel Veyre, who trained with the Lumière Brothers and became the Sultan of Morocco’s photographer and cinematographer; Nour Eddine Lakhmari’s controversial Casa Negra, a box-office hit and Morocco’s official entry to the 2010 Oscars, offering a frank depiction of many social ills that are rarely discussed publicly in Morocco; Dalila Ennadre’s I Loved You So Much, a documentary portrait of a Berber woman employed by the French colonial army as a companion for soldiers during the Indo-China wars; and Swel and Imad Noury’s The Man Who Sold the World, a dystopian, futuristic vision inspired by the works of Dostoyevsky and Beckett.
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