Good evening dear friends The city of Ouarzazate is booming in terms film. Since the beginning of the year, large foreign productions were filmed in the studios of the city. According Abderrazzak Zitouny, director of Ouarzazate Film Commission (OFC), the city continues to welcome more foreign films and television series of different nationalities. Currently, there are a number of television and movie filming. Note the US-German film Red Tent (The Red Tent) director Roger Young. This American director knows Ouarzazate since it is his sixth film made in the region. Several Moroccan actors, Arab, European and American will take the filming of this movie, in this case the British actress Minnie Driver, American Morena Baccarin, Palestinian Hoyam Abbas and the Franco-Moroccan Morjana Alaoui. All the more, a significant number of extras involved in the filming of this movie. More than 3,000 extras, mostly originating from the province of Ouarzazate participate, says Zitouny. The shooting of this film, which is expected to last three months, will be completed by the end of July. Another American production shooting in the Hollywood city. This is the Rock The Casbah by Barry Levinson comedy. Starring in this written by Mitch Glazer film include the excellent Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, Danny McBride or Zooey Deschanel. As for the television series filming, to quote the American King Cut series and the French series Atlantis / Season 2 The city will host the 7th art of other features that should be shot in the coming weeks. To mention the films Batman VS Superman, The New Adventures In Aladdin and Bible Series. In short, the 2013-2014 year was a good year for the film industry in Ouarzazate. Large film projects are underway or created as part of the development strategy of the film industry by 2016, which includes the construction of six projects: Marketing and communication services, expertise and human resources, business intelligence, financial incentives and infrastructure. The achievements have had a very positive progress overall. The dynamics of foreign productions that have inflow ventilation pipes to Ouarzazate in 2013 and 2014 is a telltale sign, said the director of the OFC. However, there are obstacles to the smooth functioning of the future strategy. On one hand, the inadequacy of funds actually received from budgets provided by the policy. It is essential to raise the funds necessary to ensure the continuity of operation of the OFC during the crucial next few years to achieve the desired goals, says Zitouny. According to him, we must face the same competitors that provide direct subsidies in their territories or free hosting film crews, improved air services and open up the area and improving the health device (establishment of a aeromedical evacuation system).
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:17:54 +0000
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