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  • Moroccan Film "The Blue Caftan" Receives 15-Minute Ovation at Cannes
    27 May 2022, by Ginette

    Success for the Moroccan Maryam Touzani and the Belgian Lubna Azabal at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The film "The Blue Caftan" was warmly applauded by the audience after its screening in the "Un Certain Regard" section.
    Maryam Touzani and Lubna Azabal were expecting anything but for the film "The Blue Caftan" to be applauded for a quarter of an hour after its screening at the Cannes Film Festival. The director and all the actors were moved by the welcome given to this feature film in (…)

  • Moroccan Actress Wins Top Honor at Durban Film Festival for ’Adam’ Role
    30 July 2019, by Kamal

    Moroccan actress Nisrin Erradi was awarded the Best Actress Prize for her role in Maryam Touzani’s film "Adam". The award ceremony took place at the 40th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa.
    Headlining the Moroccan director’s first feature film, Nisrin Erradi played the role of a single pregnant young mother, Samia, who leaves the countryside for Casablanca to have her son adopted.
    "Adam" is "the story of a somewhat chance encounter between two women in the Casablanca (…)

  • Moroccan Film "Adam" to Premiere at Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
    19 August 2019, by Kamal

    "Adam", the first feature film by young Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, will represent Moroccan cinema at the 12th Francophone Film Festival of Angoulême, which will take place from August 20 to 25, 2019.
    More than sixty films will be on the menu of this edition, including 15 previews. Presided over by actress Jacqueline Bisset, the Festival will see the participation of several Maghreb directors, including the Franco-Algerian-Tunisian Hafsia Herzi, with her film "The Merits of a Love". (…)

  • Moroccan Film "Adam" Shortlisted for Best International Film Oscar
    2 September 2019, by Bladi.net

    For the pre-selection of the 2020 Oscars, the film "Adam" directed by the Moroccan, Maryam Touzani, has been selected in the "Best International Film" section, according to the Moroccan Cinematographic Center (CCM).
    Morocco honored! The film "Adam" by Moroccan director Maryam Touzani is one of those selected to represent Morocco in the pre-selection for the 2020 Oscar for Best International Film, in accordance with the criteria established by the "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and (…)

  • Moroccan Film "The Blue Caftan" Tackles LGBTQ Taboos at Angoulême Festival
    15 August 2022, by Ginette

    After the Cannes festival, "The Blue Caftan" by Moroccan director Maryam Touzani is in competition at the upcoming Francophone Film Festival of Angoulême. This is an opportunity for her to address the taboo subject tackled by this film in an interview.
    "The Blue Caftan" is a film that, while addressing the daily life of Halim (Saleh Bakri) and Mina (Lubna Azabal), owners of a traditional caftan shop in the medina of Salé, Morocco, delves into one of the still taboo subjects: (…)

  • Moroccan Film Tackles Taboo of Homosexuality in Conservative Society
    20 March 2023, by Sylvanus

    In her film The Blue Caftan, Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani addresses several issues, including homosexuality in Morocco, where homosexuals often live hidden, in fear of being discovered, and sometimes in shame.
    In Morocco, "homosexuality is a criminal offense prohibited by Article 489 of the Penal Code. The person who gets caught can be sentenced to three years in prison. It’s a shame," says Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani in an interview with Watson. This article states: "Shall be (…)