Our Forbidden Places

A small village high up in the mountains of Ketama, Northern Morocco. The life of the people here has been shaped by the drug hashish for centuries. Hashish as daily work, hash as exchange currency, hashish as business, hashish as basis and philosophy of a social system, hashish as medium for dreams and hashish as reason for stagnation.

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

Daniel Gräner

Cast

Heinrich Giskes, Moncef Esseghir, Abdelaziz Taleb

Much-censored documentary encompassing thirty years of Italian politics under the governance of the Christian Democracy (DC), entirely composed of — occasionally dubbed — archival footage.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Roberto Faenza

Cast

Giovanni Leone, Aldo Moro, Amintore Fanfani

An undercover documentary film produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara. The documentary covers the current human rights and political situation of the Sahrawi. There are several interviews recorded with human rights victims including an elderly lady...

Runtime

15m

Director

Dominic Brown

In Casablanca, a group of filmmakers conduct discussions with people about their expectations of, and aspirations for, the emerging Moroccan national cinema. When a disgruntled worker kills his superior accidentally, their inquest shifts focus, and they begin to probe the motives of the killing.

Runtime

1h 18m

Director

Mostafa Derkaoui

Cast

Nour Abdellatif, Salah Eddine Benmoussa, Mohamed Derham

Once a Punk, always a Punk? This is the story of Stof whom we followed for 8 years through the popular districts of Casablanca. He pays his independence at a high price when he finds himself arrested.

Runtime

1h 2m