About Some Meaningless Events

The second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point in regards to the Arab nationalism’s self-perception as well as a moment of deep historical and existential insecurity. Five Arab directors discuss the events from their personal perspective.

The film portrays the confrontation between two female models and gives voice to women by thrusting them, without mercy, onto the most heavily mined battlefield of all… social consciousness. Will it manage to find a way out?

A film that describes how someone who is haunted by the idea of death learns to suffer.

Directed by Abdelkrim Derkaoui et al.

A team of filmmakers is having difficulty choosing a subject to shoot. After lengthy discussion, they finally decide on the story of Aïcha, a beautiful cabaret singer.

The film revolves around a comic character in which he sarcastically discusses many of the issues in Moroccan society, with El Hadji El Souledi, a candidate for elections in Casablanca, whose character is a symbol of illegal wealth and moral corruption. His life is divided among bars, nightclubs and prostitution. While the police officer Adel and beautiful names that are associated with the life of the child and trying to get rid of it and corruption so that they succeed in the latter in it.

Moulay Yacoub starts a physical and poetic journey of self-knowledge across Morocco.

Kaltoum is a 15-year-old girl who is forced to work in a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco to pay for a medical operation for her little brother. to her dismay she discovers the cruel world, that of the city's nightlife.

Librement Mostafa Derkaoui

Settling of scores among international Marxist revolutionaries. A spirit of Mhedi Ben Barka inspired revolt.

An account of the preparations for the staging of Régis Debray’s Notes on Gramsci directed by Stanisław Tym. A group of international students gathered at Warsaw’s 'Stodoła' club discuss philosophy and politics accompanied by the music of Włodzimierz Nahorny’s quartet.