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Animation Perspectives 2021

Ceuta’s Gate

Randa Maroufi
A performative reconstruction sketches and condenses daily life at the border between the Spanish exclave of Ceuta and Morocco, which is crossed illegally by all kinds of goods.
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Ceuta’s Gate

Bab Septa
Randa Maroufi
Animation Perspectives 2021
Documentary Film
France,
Morocco
2019
19 minutes
Spanish,
Arabic
Subtitles: 
English
Everything seems neat at first in Randa Maroufi’s performative reconstruction. Cars form orderly queues; market women tie up their baggage. On the monotonous grey background, the scenes appear schematic, like a blueprint where suddenly everything becomes graphically condensed. Everyday life at the border between the Spanish exclave of Ceuta and Morocco, which is crossed illegally by all kinds of goods.
André Eckardt

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Director
Randa Maroufi
Script
Randa Maroufi
Cinematographer
Luca Coassin
Editor
Randa Maroufi, Ismael Joffroy Chandoutis
Producer
Saïd Hamich
Sound
Mohamed Bounouar, Léonore Mercier
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The Park

Le Park
Randa Maroufi
Animation Perspectives 2021
Experimental Film
France
2015
14 minutes
Arabic,
French
Subtitles: 
English
An abandoned amusement park offers a secret real-life retreat for young people in Casablanca. They escape their restrictive society digitally into the Internet to soak up international trends and amplify themselves. A camera floats through the tableaux vivants they have formed. Their eyes are frozen, the self-chosen poses seem undead.
André Eckardt

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Director
Randa Maroufi
Cinematographer
Luca Coassin
Editor
Randa Maroufi
Producer
Eric Prigent
Sound
Randa Maroufi, Jérémy Morelle
Production Company
Le Fresnoy
VFX Artist
Raphael Thibault