Overview

Since the early 2000s, Moroccan cinema has emerged as a major force in the Maghreb and African cinema, driven by digital technologies, international collaborations and co-production, and a focus on authentic storytelling. This edited collection explores the complexities of Moroccan cinema's transnational dimensions, moving beyond a purely postcolonial framework to examine its global impact, political significance and diverse influences. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars in African, Arab and transnational cinema studies, alongside film critics, educators and filmmakers from Morocco, the collection analyses cinema production, distribution and reception within global networks, highlighting the dynamic interplay between local contexts and international trends.

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Exploring the 'Moroccan film ecosystem' through a transnational lens, this timely collection opens critical dialogues on culture, identity, gender, and diaspora – beyond postcoloniality. Leading scholars and professionals situate Moroccan cinema within national, regional and global circuits. The result is a ground-breaking and comprehensive contribution to the study of transnational cinema cultures. * Philippe Meers, Professor of Film and Media Studies, Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center, University of Antwerp *

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Will Higbee is a Professor of Film Studies at the University of Exeter. He has published widely on cinemas of the Maghreb and their diasporas, as well as questions of national and transnational cinema. He is the author of Post-Beur Cinema (2013) and co-editor of De-Westernizing Film Studies (2012). Florence Martin is the Van Meter Professor of French Transnational Studies at Goucher College (US). She has published internationally on Maghrebi cinema and women’s cinema. Her international publications on Maghrebi and women’s cinema include Screens and Veils: Maghrebi Women’s Cinema (2011) and her co-edition of Les Cinémas du Maghreb et leurs publics (2013).

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