Moroccan cinema uncut : decentered voices, transational perspectives / Will Higbee, Florence Martin and Jamal Bahmad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higbee, Will, author.

Martin, Florence, 1959- author.

Bahmad, Jamal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Morocco--History.

Motion pictures.

Transnationalism in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]

Summary:

Assesses Moroccan cinema through a transnational lens to reframe its postcolonial legacyBased on interviews with key industry figures and filmmakersCase studies include the controversial Much Loved, and an analysis of its reception within and outwith MoroccoArgues that Moroccan cinema has de-orbited from Francophone cinema and Morocco's postcolonial legacy to become a transnational cinemaWatch the editors discuss the book in a webinar hosted by SOASThis is the first book length study to consider the transnational dimension of Moroccan cinema. Over the past two decades, cinematic production has increased dramatically in Morocco, with Moroccan films leading at the domestic box office and being selected for prestigious international festivals such as Cannes and Berlin. And yet, Moroccan cinema remains little known outside of its national borders. This book asks why this might be and, in so doing, analyses the actual state of Moroccan national cinema beyond a post-colonial optic. Featuring interviews with filmmakers and key industry figures, such as Hicham Laari, Nadir Boumouch and Tala Hadid, the book explores Moroccan cinema’s transnational reach through a focus on the cultural politics of international co-production, the role of international festivals as alternative distribution networks, piracy and digital disruption, film education and activism."

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES AND TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION: MOROCCAN CINEMA: A STORY OF TRANSNATIONAL ADAPTATION

PART ONE. PRODUCTION FROM ABOVE: FORMAL NETWORKS

1. ESTABLISHED SITES OF PRODUCTION AT HOME

2. TRANSNATIONAL CROSSINGS

PART TWO. PRODUCTION FROM BELOW: EMERGING SITES

3. ALTERNATIVE AND EMERGING NETWORKS

4. DIVERSE VOICES

PART THREE. DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION NETWORKS: FESTIVALS, AUDIENCES AND MARKETS

5. DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION NETWORKS IN MOROCCO

6. INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS: AN ALTERNATIVE TRANSNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR MOROCCAN CINEMA?

7. SALES, DISTRIBUTION AND DIGITAL DISRUPTION: THE UNREALISED TRANSNATIONAL REACH OF MOROCCAN CINEMA?

CONCLUSION: TRANSNATIONAL MOROCCAN CINEMA: OF BUMBLEBEES AND BUTTERFLIES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SELECT FILMOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474477956

147447795X

OCLC:

1306538113