Cinema of Morocco
The history of the cinema of Morocco dates back to "The Moroccan Goatherd" by Louis Lumière in 1897. During the French protectorate, films were produced and directed by French filmmakers, and in 1952, Orson Welles directed his Othello in the historic city of Essaouira. Since independence in 1956, Moroccan film directors developed the national film industry. Emergence in the 1970s met with growing international success.
| Cinema of Morocco | |
|---|---|
Cinema Rif Essaouira | |
| No. of screens | 68 (2011) |
| • Per capita | 0.2 per 100,000 (2011) |
| Main distributors | Megarama Magreb Modern Films Younes |
| Produced feature films (2011) | |
| Fictional | 55 |
| Animated | - |
| Documentary | 1 |
| Number of admissions (2012) | |
| Total | 2,011,294 |
| • Per capita | 0.08 (2010) |
| National films | 681,341 (33.8%) |
| Gross box office (2012) | |
| Total | MAD 69.2 million |
| National films | MAD 19.3 million (27.8%) |
| Cinema of Morocco |
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International Film Festival of Marrakech |
| Foreign movies shot in Morocco |
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