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Director Sofia Alaoui

A mix of sci-fi genre-bending and apocalyptic tension, this debut uses an alien invasion to peer across the stakes of faith and family in Morocco.

Director Faouzi Bensaidi

In this Cannes Directors’ Fortnight hit, two debt collectors face the absurdity of their jobs while dwarfed by the majestic Moroccan desert.

Director Kaouther Ben Hania

A mother and two of her daughters are joined by actors to work through their family history and grasp the other two daughters’ heartbreaking choices.

Director Mohamed Kordofani

A moral thriller set against a nation torn in two, which won the inaugural Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize.

Director Kamal Lazraq

Bringing echoes of the Coen brothers and Tarantino to the mean streets of Morocco, this Cannes prize-winner is not the Casablanca you think you know.

Director Amjad Al Rasheed

The first Jordanian film to screen at Cannes takes ferocious aim at the country’s ingrained misogyny.

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Director Morad Mostafa

From Cannes Critics’ Week comes a masterful portrait of an ostracised immigrant searching for salvation.

Director Asmae El Moudir

Winner of Un Certain Regard’s Best Director and L’Œil d’Or at Cannes, this Moroccan documentary sets out to untangle personal and national secrets.

Director Mohanad Yaqubi

This time capsule of an extraordinary unseen history is a work of documentation and preservation – both of a moment in time and of the moving image.

Short

Director Aziz Zoromba

The rivalry between teenage brothers reaches dangerous heights in Toronto’s 2022 Best Canadian Short winner.

Director Jason Raftopoulos

Following a tragedy at sea, the lives of two orphaned refugees and an Australian aid worker are inextricably woven together in this humanistic drama.