MARRAKECH — Running Nov. 14-17, the 5th Atlas Workshops, the industry-and-talent development program for Moroccan, Arab and African projects at the Marrakech Film Festival, is celebrating its…
With an increase in submissions, awards, and an ever-larger audience of industry execs checking out projects, the three-day confab showcases some of the brightest, next-gen talent.
“One of the ideas with the new artistic direction at the festival was to create a space for African and Arab filmmakers to meet and present projects,” says Bracq. “The idea was for Marrakech to be a place to bring together those filmmakers. There is a new generation of talented filmmakers from the region, and they are making their way here and on into other festivals.”
“It is a super strong year for Lebanon, and you know how difficult it is there now,” says Bracq. “ ‘Pigeon Wars’ is by a contemporary filmmaker, tackling contemporary issues. She is looking at patriarchy. You can feel that in many films now but here a man is also suffering from patriarchy.” Drawing upon his story, “Congo Boy” tells the story of a teenage refugee from the Congo with musical ambitions, who is made responsible for his younger siblings in their new CAR home. Establishing himself first as a musician, Fariala’s documentary “We, Students!” was the first film from CAR to go to the Berlinale and its Panorama sidebar, screening this year..
In “Demba,” a film by Sensgal’s Mamadou Dia, frames grief and loss, experienced by a retiring male widow, in a country where there is no word for depression and mental health is taboo.
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