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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65 Days

SYNOPSIS A café waiter spent 65 days working under a harsh and greedy café owner.

Quo Vadis, Meryem!

SYNOPSIS Shaken by the visit of a dying friend, Meryem fights to bridge the icy

With the Wind

SYNOPSIS An old florist shuts his shop down hoping for a freedom that no longer

Investigation

SYNOPSIS When a cat and a dog stumble upon a chicken leg in the alley,

Crawling Birds

SYNOPSIS "Crawling Birds" is a tragic art project following a community of humanoid birds living

Il Ponte (The Bridge)

SYNOPSIS Gregorio sets off in a minibus from Italy to Slovenia on a low-cost dental

Majonezë

SYNOPSIS Elyria lives in a family ruled by her strict father in a remote mountain

Ciao!

SYNOPSIS [TO BE COMPLETED] Director: Iván Melguizo Martín Country of Production: Spain Year: 2025 Runtime:

Where the Balloon Led Me

SYNOPSIS Ali, a young Arab man living in isolation in Duhok-Kurdistan, tries to see his

Dog Alone

SYNOPSIS A dog was abandoned in its own home at the time when the director's

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