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Atlas Workshops 2025
The Atlas Workshops were initiated in 2018 by the Marrakech International Film Festival. The programme initiated a series of professional actions through which the Festival works side by side with a new generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers, and creates a space for reflection, exchange, work, and meetings for international professionals and regional talents.
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
Deadline: July 14, 2025
REGISTRATION CLOSED
FILMS IN SHOOTING OR POST-PRODUCTION
Deadline: September 5, 2025
→ Apply here.
ATLAS STATION
Deadline: September 5, 2025
→ Apply here.
The festival offers:
The Atlas Workshops
A four-day online programme in November, followed by a five-day, onsite programme from November 30 to December 4, alongside the Marrakech International Film Festival.
A selection of projects in development and films currently in shooting or post-production whose creative director/producer teams benefit from artistic and professional support tailored to their needs given their project’s current stage of production.
An ideal presentation framework, in which projects in development are introduced via a public pitching session, while films currently in shooting and post-production are further exposed through screenings of excerpts. A co-production market, where participants have the opportunity to attend targeted, individual meetings with invited international professionals. Cash prizes are awarded at the conclusion of the Atlas Workshops, decided upon by two juries, one each for projects in development and films currently in shooting or post-production.
Atlas Station
An Atlas Workshops program consisting of four days online in November, followed by five days onsite, from November 30 to December 4, alongside the Marrakech International Film Festival.
A professional initiative aimed at Moroccan producers and directors who wish to hone their skills in order to develop their international business activities. This artistic and professional support is tailored to participants’ needs at this moment in their careers.
This new initiative is aimed at Moroccan directors of short films currently in shooting or in post-production of a short film that is expected to be shot before the first of November 2025 (the film should not have had its premiere). This artistic and professional support is tailored to participants’ needs at this moment in their production and who wish to hone their skills in order to launch the international career of their film.