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Bar El Chino
by Daniel Burak

Argentine - fiction - 2002 - 1h50

The El Chino is a colourful and convivial bar in Pompeya, a working-class neighbourhood in Buenos Aires. In the afternoons you can learn the tango there and at night, sing at the open mike. One evening a regular named Jorge, a struggling fifty-something director who shoots industrial films, meets Martina, a young television reporter. She falls in love with the place and convinces him to finish a documentary on it he'd begun a few years back.

Broken Wings
(K'nafayim Shvurot)
by Nir Bergman
Israël - fiction - 2002 - 1h27

It's the beginning of September and time to head back to school. In the Ulman family, this morning's happy excitement seems out of place. Since their father's death nine months ago, the eldest daughter Maya has looked after her three younger brothers and sisters while their mother's at work. Each takes refuge in their own thoughts and dreams as a way of escaping their sorrow. But silence plunges the family into a new tragedy which, though terrible, holds the seeds of salvation. As the lines of communication are reopened, the family pulls together to face a second trial.

La camera de bois
by Ntshavheni Wa Luruli

South Africa , France, Royaume-Uni - 2003 -1h33

Madiba and Sipho, two 14-year-old black boys, find a revolver and a video camera near some train tracks. Sipho takes possession of the gun and becomes a gang leader involved in robberies and drug dealing. Madiba, on the other hand, constantly films the city - from luxurious window displays to the tincan shanty towns - and meets Estelle, a white teenager smothered under the racist beliefs of her family.

Khait Errouh
by Hakim Belabbes

USA, Morocco - 2003 - 1h32

A young American named Hayat appeases his dying father by taking him to see his native village one last time. Back in Bejjaad, he discovers the lives of a handful of its inhabitants: Karim, a boy plagued by nightmares on the eve of his circumcision; Ali, a schoolboy who's trying to save his little sister's life; Jawad, the potter's son who's forced to take over his father's shop rather than open the art school of his dreams; Nainia, an outdated storyteller who keeps rehashing the past�

Matrubhoomi
(A Nation Without Women)
by Manish Jha
India, France - 2003 - 1h38
In a country of goddesses, female infanticide is common practice. With no women, the tiny village of Matrubhoomi sinks into violence. When the father of five sons learns of Kalki, a young woman living in a remote hamlet, he promptly buys her. The six men exercise conjugal rights in turn, and when Kalki gets pregnant, each claims he is the father.

Mille et un jour
(A Thousand And One Days)
by Frédéric Laffont

France - 2003 - 1h21

For months now she's been taking photos of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Stones, tanks, felled olive trees� Still, there are things the photos don't say. Her daily reports trace out other prospects, provide alternatives to the litany of journalistic slogans as well as the grim resignation to the worst and inevitability of the conflict. Alongside the victims of both camps, little by little she dares to hope.

On n'est pas des marques de velo
by Jean-Pierre Thorn

France- 2002 1h29 (35mm)
In 1997, Bouda is released after four years in prison for drug trafficking. But though he's now out from behind bars, it's not freedom that awaits: banned from French soil, he's deported to a country which is not his own. Bouda illegally returns to his childhood home and talks about his neighbourhood, his school, the local football field and the hope that grew out of the first television programme in the early 80s devoted to a new dance called hip hop - the joy it brought, the contests between rival neighbourhoods, the occasional TV appearance. But then the movement died down, "business" picked up and Bouda was back at his trafficking�

Les petites gens
by Nariman Turebayev

Kazakhastan - 2003 - 1h25
Beck and Max, two friends who did their military service together, share a tiny flat. They eke out a living by selling con games on the street. Max, an inveterate skirt-chaser, dreams of going to live in Germany, while Beck awaits the love of his life. Things could go on forever this way. But then Beck meets a beautiful and mysterious young woman, and Max sees his chances of getting a ticket improve.

Zaman, l'homme des roseaux
by Amer Alwan
Irak, France - 2003 - 1h30
Zaman lives with his wife in the swamplands of southern Iraq. One day he learns she 's suffering from strange pains, something to do with the war. The only doctor in the region advises Zaman to go to a city to find the medicine she needs. He takes a small boat through the swamps and up the Tigris. His journey takes him all the way to Baghdad.






International Film Festival Of Marrakech Mawahib 2003 Bar El Chino by Daniel Burak Argentine - fiction - 2002 - 1h50 The El Chino is a colourful and convivial bar in Pompeya, a working-class neighbourhood in Buenos Aires. In the afternoons you can learn the tango there and at night, sing at the open mike. One evening a regular named Jorge, a struggling fifty-something director who shoots industrial films, meets Martina, a young television reporter. She falls in love with the place and convinces him to finish a documentary on it he'd begun a few years back. Broken Wings (K'nafayim Shvurot) by Nir Bergman Israël - fiction - 2002 - 1h27 It's the beginning of September and time to head back to school. In the Ulman family, this morning's happy excitement seems out of place. Since their father's death nine months ago, the eldest daughter Maya has looked after her three younger brothers and sisters while their mother's at work. Each takes refuge in their own thoughts and dreams as a way of escaping their sorrow. But silence plunges the family into a new tragedy which, though terrible, holds the seeds of salvation. As the lines of communication are reopened, the family pulls together to face a second trial. La camera de bois by Ntshavheni Wa Luruli South Africa , France, Royaume-Uni - 2003 -1h33 Madiba and Sipho, two 14-year-old black boys, find a revolver and a video camera near some train tracks. Sipho takes possession of the gun and becomes a gang leader involved in robberies and drug dealing. Madiba, on the other hand, constantly films the city - from luxurious window displays to the tincan shanty towns - and meets Estelle, a white teenager smothered under the racist beliefs of her family. Khait Errouh by Hakim Belabbes USA, Morocco - 2003 - 1h32 A young American named Hayat appeases his dying father by taking him to see his native village one last time. Back in Bejjaad, he discovers the lives of a handful of its inhabitants: Karim, a boy plagued by nightmares on the eve of his circumcision; Ali, a schoolboy who's trying to save his little sister's life; Jawad, the potter's son who's forced to take over his father's shop rather than open the art school of his dreams; Nainia, an outdated storyteller who keeps rehashing the past� Matrubhoomi (A Nation Without Women) by Manish Jha India, France - 2003 - 1h38 In a country of goddesses, female infanticide is common practice. With no women, the tiny village of Matrubhoomi sinks into violence. When the father of five sons learns of Kalki, a young woman living in a remote hamlet, he promptly buys her. The six men exercise conjugal rights in turn, and when Kalki gets pregnant, each claims he is the father. Mille et un jour (A Thousand And One Days) by Frédéric Laffont France - 2003 - 1h21 For months now she's been taking photos of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Stones, tanks, felled olive trees� Still, there are things the photos don't say. Her daily reports trace out other prospects, provide alternatives to the litany of journalistic slogans as well as the grim resignation to the worst and inevitability of the conflict. Alongside the victims of both camps, little by little she dares to hope. On n'est pas des marques de velo by Jean-Pierre Thorn France- 2002 1h29 (35mm) In 1997, Bouda is released after four years in prison for drug trafficking. But though he's now out from behind bars, it's not freedom that awaits: banned from French soil, he's deported to a country which is not his own. Bouda illegally returns to his childhood home and talks about his neighbourhood, his school, the local football field and the hope that grew out of the first television programme in the early 80s devoted to a new dance called hip hop - the joy it brought, the contests between rival neighbourhoods, the occasional TV appearance. But then the movement died down, "business" picked up and Bouda was back at his trafficking� Les petites gens by Nariman Turebayev Kazakhastan - 2003 - 1h25 Beck and Max, two friends who did their military service together, share a tiny flat. They eke out a living by selling con games on the street. Max, an inveterate skirt-chaser, dreams of going to live in Germany, while Beck awaits the love of his life. Things could go on forever this way. But then Beck meets a beautiful and mysterious young woman, and Max sees his chances of getting a ticket improve. Zaman, l'homme des roseaux by Amer Alwan Irak, France - 2003 - 1h30 Zaman lives with his wife in the swamplands of southern Iraq. One day he learns she 's suffering from strange pains, something to do with the war. The only doctor in the region advises Zaman to go to a city to find the medicine she needs. He takes a small boat through the swamps and up the Tigris. His journey takes him all the way to Baghdad.