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In the first half of the 20th century, Casablanca had many movie theaters, such as Cinema Rialto, Cinema Lynx and Cinema Vox—the largest in Africa at the time it was built. [21] [22] [23] In 1944, the Moroccan Cinematographic Center (CCM), the nation's film regulatory body, was established. Studios were also opened in Rabat. Salut Casa!
The Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK) or African Film Festival in Khouribga is a film festival for African cinema held in Khouribga in Morocco. Established in 1977, [ 1 ] it is one of the oldest and most important film festivals in Morocco.
The first were by the French film pioneer Louis Lumière Le chevrier Marocain. Orson Welles filmed his Othello there, which won the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1955, Alfred Hitchcock directed The Man Who Knew Too Much, set in Marrakech and Casablanca, while in 1962 David Lean shot the desert scenes of Lawrence of Arabia in ...
Cinema Vox was a 20th-century movie theater in Casablanca, Morocco. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was designed by Marius Boyer and completed in 1935, under the French Protectorate . [ 1 ] It was considered one of the largest movie theaters in Africa.
The idea for the film originated in Damien Ounouri's mind after reading a book about the history of Algeria, which notably spoke about Queen Zaphira.
According to film critic and historian Roy Armes, Lebanese cinema is the only other cinema in the Arabic-speaking region that could amount to a national cinema. [ 40 ] While Egyptian and Lebanese films have a long history of production, most other Arab countries did not witness film production until after independence.
Cinema Rialto is considered a monument of the Art Deco architecture for which Casablanca is famous, and for that reason it still draws visitors. The cinema holds 1300 seats, of which 400 are on the characteristic mezzanine level. Despite the many renovations over the years, the building's architectural style is still considered entirely Art ...
2M is a Moroccan free-to-air television network.It was established by the royal-owned conglomerate, ONA, before being sold to, in part, the Moroccan government.Of 2M, 45.3% is owned by Bank of Africa, [3] while approximately 32.5% by the Moroccan government, Al Mada (12%), with the remaining shares being owned by Atlas Capital, (10.2%).