Casablanca Beats

Casablanca Beats
Directed by	Nabil Ayouch
Written by	Nabil Ayouch Maryam Touzani
Produced by	Nabil Ayouch Amine Benjelloun
Starring	Anas Basbousi Ismail Adouab Nouhaila Arif Zineb Boujemaa Meriem Nakkach Abdelilah Basbousi
Cinematography	Amine Messadi Virginie Surdej
Edited by	Marie-Hélène Dozo Julia Gregory Yassir Hamani
Music by	Fabien Kourtzer Mike Kourtzer
Production companies	Les Films du Nouveau Monde Ali n' Productions Unité de Production Ad Vitam
Distributed by	Ad Vitam (France)
Release dates	15 July 2021 (2021-07-15) (Cannes) 3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) (Morocco) 17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) (France)
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	Morocco France
Language	Moroccan Arabic
Box office	$139,923[1]

Casablanca Beats (Arabic: علي صوتك, romanized: ʿali sawtek, lit. 'raise your voice'; French: Haut et Fort, lit. 'high and loud') is a 2021 Moroccan drama film directed by Nabil Ayouch.^[2] In June 2021, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.^[3][4] The film was produced by Ali n' Productions.^[5] It is reportedly the first Moroccan film to be selected to compete for the Palme d'Or since 1962.^[6] The film was shot at Les Etoiles de Sidi Moumen, a cultural centre that director Ayouch co-founded with Mahi Binebine in 2014.^[7] It was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.^[8]

Plot

In Sidi Moumen, a group of talented teens aspire to put on a rap concert.

Cast

• Anas Basbousi as Anas
• Ismail Adouab as Ismail
• Nouhaila Arif as Nouhaila
• Zineb Boujemaa as Zineb
• Meriem Nakkach as Meriem
• Abdelilah Basbousi as Abdou
• Amina Kannan as Amina
• Mehdi Razzouk as Mehdi
• Soufiane Belalli as Soufiane
• Maha Menan as Maha
• Samah Barigou as Samah
• Marwa Kniniche as Marwa
• Abderrahim Errahman
• Sophia Akhmisse

See also

• List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Moroccan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

References

1. "Casablanca Beats (2021)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
2. "Festival de Cannes : "Casablanca Beats" de Nabil Ayouch, en compétition officielle". Telquel (in Spanish). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
3. "Sean Penn, Wes Anderson, Ildikó Enyedi Join 2021 Cannes Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
4. "Cannes Film Festival 2021 Lineup: Sean Baker, Wes Anderson, and More Compete for Palme d'Or". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
5. "Moroccan slum kids film up for top prize at Cannes |". AW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. "Cannes: Moroccan film in competition for 1st time in 59 yrs - English Service". ANSA.it. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
7. Goodfellow, Melanie. "Wild Bunch boards Nabil Ayouch's 'Casablanca Beats', posts 'Titane', 'Deception' deals (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
8. "Preselection of the Oscars 2022 (Best International Film): Morocco represented by "Haut et Fort" by Nabil Ayouch". Morocco Latest News. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

External links

• Casablanca Beats at IMDb