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By Allal El Alaoui
Some say that Moroccan cinema is abducted . I personally do not think so
, why ? because we have to go back to our history in order to look for this
matter as to know whether we have an industry of this art or not . Do we have free industry of cinema ?
No, we do not . Yet, we have a static one, that is to say our government funds
Moroccan filmmakers and believe me too many foreign countries envy us of this
political decision and thus we have a governmental cinema spearheaded by free
creation of cinema-goers. So, Moroccan cinema is not abducted but it is not yet
internationally acclaimed and marked, though some movies make the difference and
become more controversial.
Recently, there have been
debates on how to make good movies in quality rather than in quantity. We
produced more than 25 films per year. That is a good and confortable position
among Arab and African countries. Former minister of culture Mohammed Achaari, states
that we should have a national conference on drama because what has been
presented on national TVs is extremely poor in quality and of course this is
related to the movies too. Driss El Khouri , Moroccan satire and
an acclaimed novelist says why do we have to write in a society that
does not read ? We have also cinema-
goers around just like Driss El Korri and
Abdellailah EL Jaouhaoui, Noureddine Boukhsibi and more cinema-goers
saying that why we produce films knowing that we do not have cinema –theatres? It
is a national debate that still continues to be discussed and thought about.
In
order to have a cinematic industry in Morocco, the private sector has to be
involved. If not, the government should raise funds to encourage new filmmakers
to make films. Creation and artistry in
movies come from having wide imagination, training and continued training and
working as much as possible in national and international industries. We must also
control production companies that only have the mentality of looting and
stealing .No doubt , filmmakers should be motivated and encouraged because of
their visions and creations of their society. Cinematic styles must also be respected and highly praised because it
marks the evolution of cinema in our country .
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