My weblog tackles subjects of Moroccan cinema,but it also makes comments on intelligent one.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Mother India in Morocco
The inaugural IIFA awards event was held at London's Millennium Dome in 2000. The summer of 2007 is also expected to attract nearly 30,000 people from Europe, India, southeast Asia and the US, and signifies the exalted status the Indian film industry has attained in Britain. FIFM bureau de la fondation, CCM and house distibution in Morocco should consider and give importance and value to Hindi cinema and especially the taste of passionate Moroccan people who just love this cinema. In academic circles here, LA Times reports that Indian films are no longer seen as quaint, gaudy and oriental items, but a resilient cultural powerhouse in the subcontinent that challenges the near-global domination of Hollywood films. Muqtedar Khan (15) writes that India is already well situated to become a major economic and cultural power worldwide. Indian culture, through the popularity of Indian cinema, is already giving India the kind of "soft power" that only America enjoys worldwide. Bina paul will never forget Salé and its traditions .
With her digital camera , she took pitures of women tatooing their hands with El Hana, a spiritual herb also used in India for the same purpose.She carefully took notes of those women making their spiritual journeys to Marabouts (16) . This reminds Bina of her people doing the same pilgrimage not of course to Marabouts, but to cinema theatres where they expect good endings eternel heroes , widows and homeless children. Coming out from El Madrassa al Bouanania (17), bina paul amazed by its marvellous Islamic frisks , remembered her colleague filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan from Kerala saying that India has always been an immence bazar of images . By ALLAL EL ALAOUI Zhor idrissi : secretariat. • International women cinema in salé. • Centre national de la cinematographie. • www.CCM.ma. • Noureddine sail ( CCM ). • Kamal Mghazli ( CCM ). • Ahmed Araib ( CCM ). • Razak ,( rabat express). • Al ahram weekly . • Lubna aziz from al ahram weekly. • Le monde diplomatique. • The times, UK. • LA TIMES. • 1- the masala films : The 1970s saw the advent of the multi-generic entertainment extravaganza replete with dramatic dialogue and spectacular song and dance sequences. 2- SALÉ : A millinuim town in Morocco . 3- Nour Eddine Sail is a Moroccan thinker and cinema critic and head of the main cinema institution of cinema called CCM. 4- Ibrahim Essaih is a Moroccan Indian film dubber .
He was the pioneer of dubbing Hindi films after the independence. 5- FIFM bureau de la fondation is an institution in Morocco that organizes International film festival. 6- Mukesh Bhatt is film producer in India. 7- Derb Rallef is a popular market in casablanca where one can find any goods. 8- Swika is a popular market in Rabat . 9- Dawliz complexe is a Place of entertainement, restaurants and luxuary cinemas in Salé . 10- EL Wad : a dangerous Ghetto in the north of Salé . 11- Jamaa el Fna square : one of the most famous entertainemnt souk in Marrakesh ( see UNESCO) . 12- Razak, Ahmed Sijilmassi, Al Jawhari and Allal El Alaoui ; Cinéphiles and intellectuals ,on line free-writers and especially Indian movie fans and critics . 13- CCM is a national institution of cinema that is strictly administratif dealing with distribution , Film visas , festivals and co-ordinations 14- LA Times : Los Angels Journal in America . 15- Dr.Muqtedar Khan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. 16- Marabout is a spiritual leader or saint in Morocco. 17- El Madrassa al Bouanania is an old medieval univeristy in Salé famous of its superb arabisque frisks and mosaique.
Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are often considered the most prestigious awards in the field of cinema, at least in popular culture. Established in 1929, the Oscars recognise excellence in cinematic achievements across various categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Original Screenplay, among others. The awards are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional organisation of over 9,000 members working in the film industry. Over the years, film industries from across the world have competed to win the coveted Oscar award. India, which is not only the second oldest film industry in the world but also the largest producer of films in the world, has made remarkable contributions to world cinema. As a result, over the years, India has had several trysts with Oscar awards.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Trouble caused by politics , religion and Algeria
Cinema critics from the world mainly from north of Africa are still waiting the release of the movie narrating life of Amir Abdelkadder,stated as an icon of Algerian revolution. It is not about finding budget nor it is a governement will , may be it is propaganda fabricated by Al Moradia official responsibles: Arts and sports become a key in the hands of Algerian military just to attack Morocco .
The élite of Algerian soldiers has strategy to be competitive with neighboring countries especially Morocco whose soft diplomacy become more influential and powerful.The world laughs hysterically when it knows that the The incident involving Renaissance de Berkane and USM Alger during the CAF Confederation Cup semi-final match highlights the intersection of sports and political tensions, reflecting deeper regional complexities .So, it is all about a simple football team called Nahdat Barkan scanned in its tee-shirt the full map of Morocco ; this fact traumatizes the militay in Algeria .This map becomes horror and also a nightmare to Algerian soldiers,says one of the fans of Nahadate Berkane in Morocco. Moroccan official diplomats still go on their soft power of diplomacy while Algerians stick to their constipated minds to create more nasty plots against Morocco.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Kenza Fridou in Aicha
Trained theatrically by Abdelmajid Fenniche in a millennium city called Salé;kenza still loves theatre and goes taking tremendous risks to meet simple Moroccan youth in Morocco.
This female called Kenza literary meaning treasure in Arabic, she moves benignly wears Moroccan high class Kaftans and puts in her face human and warm smile that no other actress has .Her name is Kenza Friddou ,first script –girl in the history of Moroccan cinema; and she would love to play mysterious roles like Aicha kandicha,Mi zhor , lady Macbeth , the smiling lady at Douwar Micca in Salé and strange lady playing with Ahmed Tahcfine's movies,Shimi's adapted play in Oujaa Trab, and the witch- dancer in "The Will" by Allal El Alaoui"
Kenza Friddou is a popular lady who is a playwright, pop-art singer ,and good actress. She is keen to help in the sets of cinematic scenes where she performs her role with great honesty and devotion. She helps film makers and stage directors either in make –ups or script-techniques.kenza is now purchasing theatre-goers by making a tour around Moroccan towns ,villages and cities via
Saturday, April 06, 2024
Moroccan Youtubers use archives to escalate conflict
Both Moroccans and Algerian generally focus on glorifying their countries via cinematic videos , images and and swearing words . Alegerians have been supporting polisario since 1975 and been hostile to lambasting alleged “enemies” like France, the US, Israel, and above all, Morocco. Any country deem hostile to Algeria, from France to the UAE, is fair game for criticism, adds the report.critics are waiting to see a movie of Amir Abdelkader supposed to be the "icon" of Algeria resistance .
Manar Slimi,Abdelhak Snaibi and Abdelaffath Naoum are youtube analysers who make history over conflict between Morocco and Algeria.thanks to them,people in Morocco dig deep in their history and know much better their culture. Meanwhile,on the side Algerians identify themselves through Moroocan history;notices a youtuber .
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Arabs victims of Hollywood
By Jack Shaheen
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People is a groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous history dating from cinema's earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding and bomb-blowing "evil" Arabs.
Award-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen, noting that only Native Americans have been more relentlessly smeared on the silver screen, painstakingly makes his case that "Arab" has remained Hollywood's shameless shorthand for "bad guy," long after the movie industry has shifted its portrayal of other minority groups. In this comprehensive study of nearly one thousand films, arranged alphabetically in such chapters as "Villains," "Sheikhs," "Cameos," and "Cliffhangers," Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1-brutal, heartless, uncivilized Others bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners.
Shaheen examines how and why such a stereotype has grown and spread in the film industry and what may be done to change Hollywood's defamation of Arabs.
Award-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen, noting that only Native Americans have been more relentlessly smeared on the silver screen, painstakingly makes his case that "Arab" has remained Hollywood's shameless shorthand for "bad guy," long after the movie industry has shifted its portrayal of other minority groups. In this comprehensive study of nearly one thousand films, arranged alphabetically in such chapters as "Villains," "Sheikhs," "Cameos," and "Cliffhangers," Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1-brutal, heartless, uncivilized Others bent on terrorizing
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