Mostafa Derkaoui

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Mostafa Derkaoui
Born1944
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NationalityMoroccan
OccupationFilm director

Mostafa Derkaoui (

Arabic: مصطفى الدرقاوي; 1944 - [1]) is a Moroccan film director and screenwriter who has made revolutionary and socially-engaged films.[2][3]

Biography

Derkaoui was born in

Łódź Film School.[2][5]

He was influenced by Jean Mitry and Georges Sadoul.[5]

Early career

During his time at the Łódź Film School, Derkaoui directed four short films of different genres. He also wrote a thesis titled “The role of cinema in transforming and elevating consciousness”.[4] During his studies, Derkaoui remained politically active and engaged in student life, supporting the struggles for democracy and human rights in Morocco. In one of his student films "People from the Cellar", Derkaoui filmed debates at the Estates General of Cinema in Paris, and while most of the footage has been lost, a rare extract has remained.[6]

Films

About Some Meaningless Events

Chronique d’un été.[7] Among those interviewed was the Moroccan novelist Mohamed Zafzaf.[8] The film was believed to have disappeared until negatives were found in an archive in Barcelona in 2016.[9]

The

Souffles-Anfas.[2] The film was funded with the sale of artworks by Mohamed Melehi and others.[2]

According to Derkaoui, the film was screened twice [in Morocco] before being banned: once in

Tetuan among friends, and once at the auditorium of the OCP Group in Khouribga as part of the Festival of African Cinema.[7] It was also screened in Paris in 1975.[2]

About Some Meaningless Events was the main subject of Ali Essafi's documentary film Before the Dying of the Light.[10]

Other Derkaoui films include two collective films he contributed towards (Cinders of the Vineyard (1975), The Gulf War... What Next? (1992)) as well as Les Beaux Jours de Chahrazade (1982), Je(u) au passé (1994), Les Sept Portes de la nuit (1994), Casablanca de nuit (2003), and Casablanca de jour (2004).[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Samir (2020-09-25). ""أحداثٌ بلا دلالة" .. خرافة سينمائيّة توثق تعقيدات مغرب السبعينات". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e "MoMA Presents: Mostafa Derkaoui's About Some Meaningless Events | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  3. ^ "Mostafa Derkaoui". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  4. ^ a b c "4.1 Mostafa Derkaoui". Cinema3.
  5. ^ a b c Nadim.Jarjoura. "معرض "سينما 3" في مرّاكش: لا مستقبل لمن لا يهتمّ بتاريخه". www.alaraby.co.uk/ (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  6. ^ "3.8 LUDZIEZ PIWNICY [PEOPLE FROM THE CELLAR]". cinema3. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  7. ^ a b c ""أحداث بلا دلالة".. إعادة النبش في تحديات السينما المغربية بعد نصف قرن". الجزيرة الوثائقية (in Arabic). 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  8. ^ المزين, أيوب. ""أحداثٌ بلا دلالة".. خرافة سينمائيّة مغربيّة". almodon (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  9. ^ "Bowfinger". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  10. ^ Levere, Jane. "MoMA's 2021 Doc Fortnight Festival, Showcasing Nonfiction Film, Kicks Off Online March 18". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  11. ^ "MOSTAFA DERKAOUI". festivalmarrakech. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
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