High Atlas Foundation

Casablanca 1999. Malek, a passionate lute player arrives at his Uncle Amir's home. A master musician, Amir hopes to share the secret of the 5th string, but finds his nephew overly reckless. Only when Malek meets Laura will he gain what he needs to realize his dreams.

2010. Selma Bargach. 98 min.

Amina attempts to return to the North of Morocco where her husband is jailed on drug charges. When her car breaks down, Amina meets Laila Rhama, an elderly woman also hurrying North to find out whether her son has died crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. 2007.

Farida Bourquia. 90 min.

Kamel Raoui, a young police inspector in Tanger, investigates the murder of notorious drug dealer, Hakim Tahiri. Touria, the victim's mistress, is the main suspect. During his investigation, Kamel realizes the strength of Touria's love for her fatally ill younger brother, that she would do anything for him. Learning about the siblings' difficult circumstances, Kamel falls for Touria. A love story that will uncover a network of drug traffickers, and threaten all involved.

2003. Nabil Ayouch. 95 min.

48-year-old Simohamed works as a parking guard while his 17-year-old son, Ayoub, acts in Hollywood films such as 'Charlie Wilson's War,' often as the crippled Afghan boy or Iraqi war victim. When Ayoub's dreams of going to Hollywood are shattered he turns to music and forms a hip hop group with his father leaving his slum. The pair set out to meet their heroes, enter studios and radio stations for the first time in an adventure through the music .

2011. Michelle Medina. 59 min.

The female Moroccan musicians known as Sheikhates are both the most loved and the most marginalized women. Loved and marginalized for the same reason: their freedom. Their liberated customs and voices allow them to sing about the injustices against and the fates of women. Shikha Aïcha describes the situation: "Our life is as a candle that burns and sacrifices itself so that others may see!" Sheikhates Blues captures the daily lives of these regional folk singers, exploring how their music has evolved along with their relationship to society and Morocco's heritage. 2004.

Ali Essafi. 52 min.

After being trained in the U.S., ophthalmologist Taoufik returns to Casablanca to launch his own practice. Attending a conference at a luxury hotel, he is drugged while his wife Sophia is abducted and raped. After mistaking a cop for one of the kidnappers, Taoufik and Sophia are forced to flee from corrupt police and kidnappers. As they cross the countryside, Taoufik guards the only evidence that can save them: a videotape of the rape.

1997. Nabil Ayouch. 90 min.

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids whose only escape from reality is a daily dose of glue sniffing. They do what they have to in order to survive. Ali, however, dreams of becoming a sailor and convinces his friends to leave the gang they belong to. Living on the port side of Casablanca, the four are in constant fear of Dib and his gang's revenge. The confrontation is inevitable and the outcome serious in this coming of age tale.

2000. Nabil Ayouch. 99 min.

Three short films. Three characters caught in the same drama. Three windows on ignorance, stigma, and solitude face by individuals diagnosed with AIDS and faced with the disease's denial. Believing in the power of the cinema to evoke in viewers the consciousness of common humanity, three young Moroccan directors reflect on the ignorance that surrounds AIDS in Morocco.

2010. Narjiss Nejjar, Mohamed Mouftakir, Hicham Lasri, 86 min.

s Batoul, a 28 year old nurse raised in a conservative, bourgeois family transgresses all of the principles she herself once preached to share a passionate love affair with her boyfriend before marriage.

2008. Aziz Salmy. 109 min.