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In February 2014, at the heart of a chic neighbourhood in Rabat, police forces forcefully destroyed the homes of Douar Ouled Dlim‘s inhabitants. Refusing to leave their land, the inhabitants have lived since in makeshift camps made of plastic tarp. In the last 2 years, they held several demonstrations and protests and filed multiple administrative appeals, attempting to claim their right to be relocated. Abandoned and left to themselves, Douar Ouled Dlim’s residents refuse to leave their lands. “We will give nothing away”, they repeated one after the other. From demonstrations to occupations, the people of Douar Ouled Dlim continue fighting, in spite of the international silence and indifference, in order to ensure the survival of the memory of the great Guich Loudaya tribe. Ultimately, they all wonder “wach hna maghrba – are we still citizens?”.

Satirical ode to Amsterdam-West: a multicultural neighbourhood with many stories to tell. The voice-over tells in a flash the story of seven Moroccan Dutchmen and their neighbour Jos; a frightened middle-aged man.

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.

Two female agents from a rival gang are sent to disrupt the operations of a gold-smuggler's caravan in Africa.

Once a Punk, always a Punk? This is the story of Stof whom we followed for 8 years through the popular districts of Casablanca. He pays his independence at a high price when he finds himself arrested.

There are at least seven thousand children and adolescents wandering the streets of Morocco's economic capital. Sold by their parents, abused, beaten, or abandoned, they struggle to survive. Since 1995, the Bayti association has been fighting to reintegrate these sacrificed children and give them a second chance.

Two Moroccan brothers arrive in 1960s Belgium, chasing dreams buried deep in the mines of the promised land.