After the announcement in march 2016 of new changes in moroccan financial law concerning foreign film shoots in morocco, nassim abassi decided to expand his film production company, moondust production, activities to offer high quality film. Winner of the best screenplay award at the moroccan national film festival. Page officielle du film majid official page for the movie majid. The arab film festival highlights voices of the arab spring. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. During his journey, he meets attila, a turk on the run that will drag him into his shady business. Hd trailer for awardwinning moroccan feature film majid. The film is about a very wealthy family in casablanca whose eldest son migrated to america because of a dispute with his father. Nassim abassi celebrity profile check out the latest nassim abassi photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Yussra is young moroccan woman who works as a fitness trainer in a sports center in mohammedia. Winner of the best film award at the international film festival for children and youth of sousse in tunisia. He makes a little money selling books on the street and lives a depressing and solitary life. Nassim abassi has two films screening at marrakech, on dec.
Nassim abassi holds both moroccan and british citizenship, he attended film school at the surrey institute of art and design in the uk in 1997. Majid, his first film as a producer and film director was released in moroccan cinemas on 30 march 2011. Started in 1995 connecting films to festivals, reporting and promoting festivals worldwide a brand new website will soon be available. Sortie nationale le 30 mars le film majid du marocain nassim abassi. Nassim abassi preps historical drama about sayyida al. But since that time, he has no longer been hear off. Hd trailer for awardwinning moroccan feature film majid by.
A coming of age story of a ten years old moroccan orphan called majid who discovers that he cant. In casablanca, ali, hmida, mbarek and messoud are four unemployed youths who spend their time dreaming of a better life in the netherlands. A coming of age story of a ten years old moroccan orphan called majid who discovers that he cant remember his parents faces anymore and he starts looking for a picture of them. Majid, a 10yearold orphan who lives in mohammedia, cannot remember the faces of his parents who died in a fire. Les autres films du realisateur nassim abassi sur facebook. His older brother driss, who takes care of him while dreaming to go to norway, tells him that former neighbors could have a picture of their parents. Najib, who lives in morocco, wants his brother, an architect living in france for twenty years. He has produced and directed several feature films both in the uk and in morocco. Between london and morocco, he directed and produced several short films.
With brahim al bakali, lotfi sabir, wassime zidi, moulay abdellah lamrani. With said bey, younes bouab, rafik boubker, fatima bouchain. Check out our editors picks to get the lowdown on the movies and shows were. The film premiered at the leighton house museum with the mena film festival. The eponymous hero, a 10 yearold orphan, has just moved to mohammadia with his brother, a charming but selfcentred and feckless drunk. Prix du meilleur scenario au festival national du film 2011. Join facebook to connect with nassim abassi and others you may know.
The family servant decided after the death of the mother and the father to free. Hd trailer for awardwinning moroccan feature film majid by nassim abassi. The four friends manage to collect enough money only for the. His first feature film, majid, was selected in several international film festivals, including dubai in 2010, and the 2011 arabic film festival in rotterdam where it won the silver falcon for best film. Majid dirnassim abassi feature film morocco 2010 116 min. In majid, director nassim abassi powerfully realises the maxim that every journey takes us back home. She doesnt know that tarik has hidden from her his past as a drug trafficker but soon his past. One day, hmida falls on a specialist of illegal immigration, ouchen.