Mostafa Derkaoui

Mostafa Derkaoui (Arabic: مصطفى الدرقاوي; 1944 - [1]) is a Moroccan film director and screenwriter.[2][3]

Biography

Derkaoui was born in Oujda, Morocco in 1944.[1] For 8 months in 1963, he studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris.[4] After studying Polish for a year, he attended the Łódź Film School.[2][4]

He was influenced by Jean Mitry and Georges Sadoul.[4]

Films

About Some Meaningless Events

About Some Meaningless Events (Arabic: أحداث بلا دلالة), an independent film exploring the role of cinema in Morocco, was released in 1974 and subsequently banned by Moroccan authorities.[5] In its presentation of conversations with people from different segments of society, it is similar in concept to Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch' film Chronique d’un été.[5] Among those interviewed was the Moroccan novelist Mohamed Zafzaf.[6] The film was believed to have disappeared until negatives were found in an archive in Barcelona in 2016.[7]

The Museum of Modern Art described About Some Meaningless Events as "an audacious blend of drama, documentary, and improvisation," embodying a radical approach to art, politics, and social relations also found in journals such as Souffles-Anfas.[2] The film was funded with the sale of artworks by Mohamed Melehi and others.[2]

According to Derkaoui, the film was screened twice [in Morocco] before being banned: once in Tetuan among friends, and once at the auditorium of the OCP Group in Khouribga as part of the Festival of African Cinema.[5] It was also screened in Paris in 1975.[2]

About Some Meaningless Events was the main subject of Ali Essafi's documentary film Before the Dying of the Light.[8]

References
  1. Samir (2020-09-25). ""أحداثٌ بلا دلالة" .. خرافة سينمائيّة توثق تعقيدات مغرب السبعينات". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. "MoMA Presents: Mostafa Derkaoui's About Some Meaningless Events | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  3. "Mostafa Derkaoui". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  4. Nadim.Jarjoura. "معرض "سينما 3" في مرّاكش: لا مستقبل لمن لا يهتمّ بتاريخه". www.alaraby.co.uk/ (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  5. ""أحداث بلا دلالة".. إعادة النبش في تحديات السينما المغربية بعد نصف قرن". الجزيرة الوثائقية (in Arabic). 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  6. المزين, أيوب. ""أحداثٌ بلا دلالة".. خرافة سينمائيّة مغربيّة". almodon (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  7. "Bowfinger". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  8. Levere, Jane. "MoMA's 2021 Doc Fortnight Festival, Showcasing Nonfiction Film, Kicks Off Online March 18". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-21.


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