The Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco has announced 30 selections from 14 countries for its ninth Atlas Workshops, November 22–26, 2026. African projects account for 23: 10 in development, eight in production/post-production and five in Morocco's Atlas Close-Ups.
IN DEVELOPMENT (10)
- "Algiers Haze" — Sarra Ryma (Algeria)
- "Ashes" — Meryem Benm’Barek (Morocco)
- "A Beautiful Land to Die" — Amjad Abu Alala (Sudan)
- "Eko Gongon" — Carlos Yuri Ceuninck (Cabo Verde)
- "Safara" — Awa Moctar Gueye (Senegal)
- "The Sleepers" — Sofia Alaoui (Morocco)
- "Songs From the City of the Dead" — Abdelwahab Shawky (Egypt)
- "Studio Kébé" — Dyana Gaye (Senegal)
- "Waltz of the Savages" — Yasmine Benkiran (Morocco)
- "The Zebra’s Shadow" — Gaël Kamilindi (Rwanda)
PRODUCTION / POST-PRODUCTION (8)
- "1986" — Mouayed Zabtia (Libya)
- "Eldorado" — Alaa Eddine Aljem (Morocco)
- "Fagadaga" — Yoro Mbaye (Senegal)
- "Hamlet From the Slums" — Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh (Egypt)
- "Mehal Sefari" — Abraham Gezahagne (Ethiopia)
- "My Father Killed Bourguiba" — Fatma Riahi (Tunisia)
- "Seasons of the Weary Kind" — Samuel Ishimwe (Rwanda)
- "Wolfmother" — Ismaël El Iraki (Morocco)
ATLAS CLOSE-UPS: MOROCCO (5)
- "Amar Made His Dream Come True" — Samira El Mouzghibati
- "B512, The Man Who Forgot to Die" — Jihane El Bahhar
- "The Cemetery’s Birds" — Madane El Ghazouani
- "Like a Sister" — Sonia Terrab
- "Medina" — Yassine Fennane
Selected from 410 submissions, participating filmmakers will receive mentoring and meet potential financing and co-production partners. Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho ("The Secret Agent") will serve as the 2026 patron and mentor.