‘Deserts,’ from ‘Death for Sale’ Helmer Faouzi Bensaïdi, Leads Morocco’s Presence at Atlas Workshops
Marrakech — One Moroccan highlight at this year’s Atlas Workshops has been given a special berth, as its director merits: “Deserts” from actor-helmer Faouzi Bensaidi whose films have played Berlin and Venice.
A modern take on the Western, “It will be an abstract Western, but not a Spaghetti Western. It will be more existential. Man against himself, against God and against nature and coming to terms with his own interior violence,” he told Variety when he film was still a project, closing co-production. .
Those deals are now in place with France’s Barney Productions, NiKo in Germany, Entre Chien et Loup in Belgium accompanying Mont Fleuri in Morocco. The production is locked and aiming to premiere next year.
Meanwhile, five other Moroccan titles, this time in development are hoping to get to this stage of completion with the help of the Workshops. These projects are presented in the Atlas Close-Ups section.
A modern take on the Western, “It will be an abstract Western, but not a Spaghetti Western. It will be more existential. Man against himself, against God and against nature and coming to terms with his own interior violence,” he told Variety when he film was still a project, closing co-production. .
Those deals are now in place with France’s Barney Productions, NiKo in Germany, Entre Chien et Loup in Belgium accompanying Mont Fleuri in Morocco. The production is locked and aiming to premiere next year.
Meanwhile, five other Moroccan titles, this time in development are hoping to get to this stage of completion with the help of the Workshops. These projects are presented in the Atlas Close-Ups section.
- 11/15/2022
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
The festival runs November 11-19
The Marrakech International Film Festival (November 11-19) has mapped out its 2022 Atlas Workshops programme with 23 projects and films selected for its 5th edition.
The Moroccan festival’s industry platform will feature 16 projects in development and six films in post-production from 11 countries. The project incubator and industry platform was launched in 2018 and was held online in 2020 and 2021. This will be its return to an in-person event set for Nov 14-17. The program aims to support the next generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers by giving their projects exposure on the international stage during the global,...
The Marrakech International Film Festival (November 11-19) has mapped out its 2022 Atlas Workshops programme with 23 projects and films selected for its 5th edition.
The Moroccan festival’s industry platform will feature 16 projects in development and six films in post-production from 11 countries. The project incubator and industry platform was launched in 2018 and was held online in 2020 and 2021. This will be its return to an in-person event set for Nov 14-17. The program aims to support the next generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers by giving their projects exposure on the international stage during the global,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
AFM slate includes Silent Night, Breathe, Boy Kills World.
With AFM less than three weeks away, Capstone Global has bolstered its senior sales team and appointed Sophia Aronne vice president of international sales and distribution, effective immediately.
Aronne, a former executive at The Exchange and Highland Film Group, will report directly to CEO and chairman Christian Mercuri and head of acquisitions Ruzanna Kegeyan.
Her arrival comes at a busy time for Capstone, whose upcoming AFM sales slate features Stefon Bristol’s post-apocalyptic thriller Breathe starring Sam Worthington, Jennifer Hudson and Milla Jovovich; Moritz Mohr’s dystopian thriller Boy Kills World with Bill Skarsard,...
With AFM less than three weeks away, Capstone Global has bolstered its senior sales team and appointed Sophia Aronne vice president of international sales and distribution, effective immediately.
Aronne, a former executive at The Exchange and Highland Film Group, will report directly to CEO and chairman Christian Mercuri and head of acquisitions Ruzanna Kegeyan.
Her arrival comes at a busy time for Capstone, whose upcoming AFM sales slate features Stefon Bristol’s post-apocalyptic thriller Breathe starring Sam Worthington, Jennifer Hudson and Milla Jovovich; Moritz Mohr’s dystopian thriller Boy Kills World with Bill Skarsard,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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