Events

This year’s festival includes two recently restored Moroccan classics from the 1970s: Ahmed Maanouni’s “Trances” and Mostafa Derkaoui’s “About Some Meaningless Events.” Mizna’s festival also includes the incredible documentary by Ali Essafi, which puts Moroccan art, music, and film from the ’70s on display, engaging with the significance and potential of this historical moment. In this discussion, author and curator Omar Berrada and filmmakers Ahmed Maanouni and Ali Essafi reflect on the significance of Moroccan film in the 1970s and on the importance of film restoration in the present.