Movies: Mostafa Derkaoui

The film revolves around a comic character in which he sarcastically discusses many of the issues in Moroccan society, with El Hadji El Souledi, a candidate for elections in Casablanca, whose character is a symbol of illegal wealth and moral corrupti...

The second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point in regards to the Arab nationalism’s self-perception as well as a moment of deep historical and existential insecurity. Five Arab directors discuss the eve...

Moulay Yacoub starts a physical and poetic journey of self-knowledge across Morocco....

In search of a subject for their film, a group of directors ask passers-by about their expectations of Moroccan cinema in the streets and bars of Casablanca....

Directed by Abdelkrim Derkaoui et al....

A film that describes how someone who is haunted by the idea of death learns to suffer....

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Settling of scores among international Marxist revolutionaries. A spirit of Mhedi Ben Barka inspired revolt....

Kaltoum is a 15-year-old girl who is forced to work in a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco to pay for a medical operation for her little brother. to her dismay she discovers the cruel world, that of the city's nightlife....

A team of filmmakers is having difficulty choosing a subject to shoot. After lengthy discussion, they finally decide on the story of Aïcha, a beautiful cabaret singer....

The adventures of a man, Brahim, who sets out in search of his son and also the son’s friendship with Kamal....

Directed by Mustapha Derkaoui....

An account of the preparations for the staging of Régis Debray’s Notes on Gramsci directed by Stanisław Tym. A group of international students gathered at Warsaw’s 'Stodoła' club discuss philosophy and politics accompanied by the music of Włodzimierz...

Directed by Mustapha Derkaoui....

A young woman writer constructs a story in which she evokes the memory of a young man who died in the war....