Before the Dying of the Light | |
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Directed by | Ali Essafi |
Produced by | Ali Essafi for Cinemaat Productions |
Cinematography | Archives Material |
Edited by | Chaghig Arzoumanian |
Animation by | Mohamed Slaoui-Andaloussi |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | Morocco |
Languages | Moroccan Arabic, French |
Before the Dying of the Light ( Arabic: قبل زحف الظلام, Tifinagh: ⵓⵜⵔ ⴷⴻⵔⵜ ⵜⵉⴼⵔⵙ) is a 2020 documentary film directed and produced by Moroccan filmmaker Ali Essafi. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The documentary chronicles the revolution of Moroccan avant-garde cinema in the 1970s under Hassan II's repressive reign, [6] [7] through a collage of archival footage, posters and magazine covers, jazz music, [8] and animations.
Award | |
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IDFA ReFrame Award for Creative Use of Archive | Nominated |
IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary | Nominated |
Before the Dying of the Light | |
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Directed by | Ali Essafi |
Produced by | Ali Essafi for Cinemaat Productions |
Cinematography | Archives Material |
Edited by | Chaghig Arzoumanian |
Animation by | Mohamed Slaoui-Andaloussi |
Release date |
|
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | Morocco |
Languages | Moroccan Arabic, French |
Before the Dying of the Light ( Arabic: قبل زحف الظلام, Tifinagh: ⵓⵜⵔ ⴷⴻⵔⵜ ⵜⵉⴼⵔⵙ) is a 2020 documentary film directed and produced by Moroccan filmmaker Ali Essafi. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The documentary chronicles the revolution of Moroccan avant-garde cinema in the 1970s under Hassan II's repressive reign, [6] [7] through a collage of archival footage, posters and magazine covers, jazz music, [8] and animations.
Award | |
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IDFA ReFrame Award for Creative Use of Archive | Nominated |
IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary | Nominated |