Marrakech Atlas Workshops 2025: Full Line-Up

Atlas Workshops, the projects market section of Marrakech International Film Festival, has selected 28 projects for its eighth edition, including news works from Scandar Copti, Amjad Al Rasheed and Asmae El Moudir.
 
The festival also announced that Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, who won the Cannes Palme d’Or for 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, has been named as patron of the workshops.
 
With a focus on Moroccan, Arab and African cinema, the line-up includes 12 projects in development from nine countries; 10 films shooting or in post-production from seven countries; five projects from Morocco in the Atlas Close-Ups section, and one Moroccan film nearing completion and seeking a festival premiere is in the Atlas Film Showcase section (see below for full line-up).
 
Marrakech film festival recently gathered all its industry activities under a new Atlas Programs umbrella, that includes Atlas Workshops, and a new event, Atlas Distribution Meetings, which brings together 60 distribution professionals from the Arab world, Africa and Europe. Over four days, participating distributors will be able to discover international films presented as part of the festival, as well as Arab and African films in post-production that are participating in the Atlas Workshops.
 
Atlas Programs also includes Atlas Station, launched in 2023, which provides 10 Moroccan directors and producers with support aimed at strengthening their skills and opening up their projects to international audiences. Starting in 2025, the programme is expanding to invite five Moroccan directors working on short films that are in the post-production stage.
 
Launched in 2024, Atlas Press seeks to strengthen the culture of film criticism in Morocco through two programmes. The first provides training for journalists working in Morocco, who benefit from an advanced workshop led by an expert in the field, while the second, designed for students, aims to inspire careers in journalism by training a new generation of critics.

This year’s Marrakech International Film Festival will be held November 28-December 6, while Atlas Workshops takes place November 30-December 4. 

ATLAS WORKSHOPS 2025:

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT:

Akal, dir: Basma Rkioui (Morocco)
1st feature documentary
 
Chapa 100, dir: Ique Langa (Mozambique)
2nd fiction feature
 
Chentian, dir: Suha Arraf (Palestine)
2nd fiction feature
 
A Childhood, dir: Scandar Copti (Palestine)
3rd feature documentary
 
Les Dieux Délinquants, dir: Boubacar Sangaré (Burkina Faso)
1st fiction feature
 
Hold Me (If You Want), dir: Mounia Akl (Lebanon)
2nd fiction feature
 
Last Cow, dir: Amil Shivji (Tanzania)
2nd fiction feature
 
The Marches, dir: Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)
2nd fiction feature
 
Siméon Idriss, dir: Zineb Wakrim (Morocco)
1st fiction feature
 
Under Green Skies, dir: Jad Chahine (Egypt)
1st fiction feature
 
Under Her Eye, dir: Amjad Al Rasheed (Jordan)
2nd fiction feature
 
Vanda, dir: Kamy Lara (Angloa)
1st fiction feature

FILMS SHOOTING OR IN POST-PRODUCTION:

Don’t Let The Sun Go Up On Me, dir: Asmae El Moudir (Morocco)
2nd feature documentary

Goma Enough Is Enough (Goma Trop C’est Trop), dir: Elisé Sawasawa (DRC)
1st feature documentary

Grey Glow (Lueur Grise), dir: Michèle Tyan (Lebanon)
1st fiction feature

La Más Dulce, dir: Laïla Marrakchi (Morocco)
3rd fiction feature

Orient Adagio (Qitar Al-Sharq Al-Bati’), dir: Maha Haj (Palestine)
3rd fiction feature

Safe Exit, dir: Mohammed Hammad (Egypt)
2nd fiction feature

The Station, dir: Sara Ishaq (Yemen)
1st fiction feature

Trip To Jerusalem, dir: Michel Zarazir & Gaby Zarazir (Lebanon)
1st fiction feature

Vagabonds, dir: Amartei Armar (Ghana)
1st fiction feature

Wolves, dir: Rami Kodeih (Lebanon)
1st fiction feature

ATLAS CLOSE-UPS:

Earth And Ashes (Terre Et Cendres), dir: Leyna Tahiri (Morocco)
1st fiction feature

Into The Blue Night (Vers La Nuit Bleue), dir: Halima Elkhatabi (Morocco)
1st fiction feature

Remontada, dir: Reda Lahmouid (Morocco)
1st fiction feature

The Tanjawi (Le Tangérois), dir: Zahoua Raji & Ayoub Layoussifi (Morocco)
1st fiction feature

Today, I Am 25 Years Old, dir: Shaden Safieddine Tazi (Morocco)
1st fiction feature

ATLAS FILM SHOWCASE:

Until Dawn (Jusqu’à L’aube), dir: Mohamed Zineddaine (Morocco)