Cinema of Morocco

Cinema of Morocco
Cinema Rif Essaouira
No. of screens68 (2011)[1]
 • Per capita0.2 per 100,000 (2011)[1]
Main distributorsMegarama
Magreb Modern Films
Younes[2]
Produced feature films (2011)[3]
Fictional55
Animated-
Documentary1
Number of admissions (2012)[5]
Total2,011,294
 • Per capita0.08 (2010)[4]
National films681,341 (33.8%)
Gross box office (2012)[5]
TotalMAD 69.2 million
National filmsMAD 19.3 million (27.8%)

The history of the cinema of Morocco dates back to "The Moroccan Goatherd" by Louis Lumière in 1897. During the French protectorate, films were produced and directed by French filmmakers, and in 1952, Orson Welles directed his Othello in the historic city of Essaouira. Since independence in 1956, Moroccan film directors developed the national film industry. Emergence in the 1970s met with growing international success.

  1. ^ a b "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Country profile: 2. Morocco" (PDF). Euromed Audiovisual. p. 114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Bilan cinematographique 2012" (PDF). Centre Cinématographique Marocain. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

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