THE MARRAKECH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

The Marrakech Short Film Festival

Born from the crossroads of trade routes, Marrakech has been a hub of storytelling and creativity for hundreds of years. Abounding with iconic shooting locations, from the mystical Medina to its palm-filled hinterland, cinema is a crucial thread woven into the city’s cultural fabric. The advent of COVID19 and the resulting closure of cinemas has left local audiences with a thirst for the therapeutic pleasure of film-going.

SECTIONS & AWARDS

The festival’s program consists of the four official competitions

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BELARJ PRIZE (BEST DIRECTOR)

Among the Moroccan selection, each year the MARRAKECHsFF's jury chooses the best director according to their criteria.
The winner gets the chance to be considered for the low budget program of the upcoming year.
The MARRAKECHsFF in its vision to built a hub for short movies industry, aims to maintain a productive link with its alumni and to built a network among our festival's filmmakers.

BEHJA PRIZE (BEST ACTOR)

Among the Moroccan selection, each year the MARRAKECHsFF's jury chooses the best according to their criteria.
This category, the MARRAKECHsFF aims to promote to help promising and your actors and actresses to get known .
The MARRAKECHsFF in its vision to built a hub for short movies industry, aims to maintain a productive link with its alumni and to built a network among our festival's filmmakers.

NAKHIL PRIZE (BEST PICTURE)

Among the Moroccan selection, each year the MARRAKECHsFF's jury chooses the best picture and cinematography according to their criteria.
The winner gets the chance to be considered for the low budget program of the upcoming year. The winner gets the chance to be part of the MARRAKECHsFF's BEST OF program, for various screenings outside the festival's week activities.
The MARRAKECHsFF in its vision to built a hub for short movies industry, aims to maintain a productive link with its alumni and to built a network among our festival's filmmakers.

COUP DE COEUR PRIZE

Among the international, the MARRAKECHsFF chooses one short movie that echoes the best with the public and the festival's vision.
The winner gets the chance to be part of the MARRAKECHsFF's BEST OF program, for various screenings outside the festival's week activities.

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IKIGAI

Lu, a 24-year-old woman, has always struggled to express her emotions until she connects with

NOCTURNAL WHISPERS

Roberto faces his divorce by isolating himself in a cabin in the mountains. After two

ALL

This is the intertwined story of Maribel and Lidia, two women over forty who must

NOT FOR SALE

On the Day of the Dead in El Salvador, Luisa, a 21-year-old woman, embarks on

WHEN THE RAIN SUBSIDES

Pablo was a peasant, a guerrilla and is now a patient with advanced-stage Alzheimer's. What

I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME ART

A solitary pair of painter's pants delivers a poignant and humorous monologue, grappling with their

Chikha

In 1994, 17-year-old Fatine lives in Azemmour, Morocco, with her mother Nadia, a traditional singer

Behind the waves

In a small fishing village in northern Morocco, live Ahmad, a little boy of about

Shadow of my father

An aged woman, worn by time, arrives in front of the Minister of Justice. She

Sacrifice

In an isolated village struck by drought, the villagers believe that sacrificing a beautiful young

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