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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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

Mirror to sell

In order to overcome his financial crisis, an unemployed actor decides to sell his mirror.Duration

LADY OF THE GRAVES

Since his childhood, his grandmother used to tell him about the myth of the mule

DARHOME -(THEIR HOME)

DARHOME tells the story of young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods in Tangier, facing social exclusion.

THE FLOWER AND THE ROCK

In a mountainous area. Almost at the peak of one of the mountains, small cracked

Tale Of A Team

The Moroccan national team of blind football has shone with its remarkable achievements in the

Beneath a Mother’s Feet

Inspired by true events, Beneath a Mother's Feet tells the story of Wedad, a single

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