Synopsis: two musicians from Rif (North Morocco) crossing North Africa accompanied by a journalist in search of the Amazigh sound.
Almost five years in the making. We most eagerly awaited and it became an outmost enjoyable movie with a grand soundtrack. With this project, El Idrissi did a great job with the visuals, the soundtrack, the story, and it's budget to create something of real value. He finished the movies complex editing by raising funds via crowdfunding.
Finally, last month on Wednesday the 27th of September 2023, we watched this movie at its European premier in Antwerpen, Belgium. We're the director as well as the cast & crew we're present. As the debut screening of the movie ended after one hour and ninety minutes, audiences rose and stood applauding for two minutes.
Followed by an Q&A with the Riffian director Tarik El Idrissi. At the end of the night, we briefly got to meet El Idrissi, who was very nice and kind, and took time for small talk and some foto's.
If there's one thing that he as a director has demonstrated, it's that his powerful mind of going all the way! He went all the way into realizing one's ambitious dream project he had for years to the point he almost went bankrupt! Showing his genuine love for cinema.
Because of political struggle and centralized governing of power, local cinema almost doesn't exist in Rif. This does not necessarily mean that they can't produce movies. For example just look take a look at how the cinema of Iran manages itself. Iran, nowadays has one of the best exporters of world cinema. Sound of Berberia can easily be considered a shining moment in Riffian cinema.
Immediately following the Wednesday screening, Sound of Berberia went to the autonomous Spanish- Riffian city Melilla for the next screening. We like to thank and wish Tarik El Idrissi and his cast & crew good luck in future projects. For now, they will be having an exciting season waiting for them, by special screenings, festivals, concerts, movie theater releases and television broadcasts.
Hope more festivals and a distributor
will give this movie a shot in their county or city for the cinemagoers to see.
