Mirage
Mirage
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Ahmed Bouanani’s first feature film played a pivotal role in bringing experimentalism to Moroccan cinema. It’s a fable-like story of a...
Ahmed Bouanani
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Traces
Traces5.7/101971HDThe story of Massaoud, a rebellious young man, oppressed by both his family and the sclerotic society.
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Wind Horse
Wind Horse10/102002HDTahar is a retired blacksmith living with his son from his first marriage. After seeing his late second wife in a dream, he decides to visit her...
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The Shell Necklace
The Shell Necklace0/102008HDA father searches for his son after he disappeared from view, especially after doubts were raised about his possibility of joining extremist groups
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A Door to the Sky
A Door to the Sky0/101989HDIn this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice...
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Entre l'absence et l'oubli
Entre l'absence et l'oubli0/101993HDOne day, a potter buys an old frame in which to put the family photos. But the merchant refuses to sell the frame without the photo of a stranger...
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The snail
The snail0/102024HDA snail trying to endure life. A girl in a bridge. A fragment of the movie Assarab, by Ahmed Bouanani.
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Six and Twelve
Six and Twelve7/101968HDSix and Twelve is one of a series of short films and documentaries produced under the auspices of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain in the...
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Dawn
Dawn5/101963HDHeper's 7-minute short "Dawn" follows, in a single space between two windows, a triangular love relationship of three people.
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al-Kanfoudi
al-Kanfoudi0/101978HDHamid Kanfoudi, an orchestra conductor, wins the lottery. Contrary to his beliefs and expectations, he sees no improvement in his life.
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Crossing the Seventh Gate
Crossing the Seventh Gate0/102017HDAli Essafi visited Bouanani three years before the latter’s death. The filmmaker, poet and novelist who also made drawings was leading a...
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Naïtou, the Orphan Girl
Naïtou, the Orphan Girl0/101982HDA musical about a young girl, Naitou, whose mother is assassinated by a jealous stepmother. The stepmother abuses Naitou and prevents her from taking...
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The Four Sources
The Four Sources0/101977HDAhmed Bouanani’s Al-Manabe' al-Arba'a (1974), a very low-budget fantastical adaption of a poetic fable, features his wife Naïma Saoudi,...
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Tarfaya (or The Walk Of A Poet)
Tarfaya (or The Walk Of A Poet)0/101966HDA man from Tarfaya, penetrated by the magnificence of his country, the power of its beauty and the nomadic life of his ancestors goes in search of a...
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Memory 14
Memory 140/101971HDCrafted exclusively from film archives, Thakirah Arba’at 'Ashar (1971) was Ahmed Bouanani’s first feature, but the censors forced him to...
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The Devil's Treasure
The Devil's Treasure0/101970HDA plowman finds a treasure in his field but when looters rob him of his find, his son Farès starts chasing after them.
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From the Other Side of the River
