Private Project

Scenes from Salé

A group of young optimistic filmmakers stroll the marginilized city of Salé, provoking several first time interactions and deep exchanges with the people of the city. The individuals evoke their personal life and experiences, addressing themes of art, work, suffering and the current state of the country.

  • Imrane Rahani
    Director
  • Imrane Rahani
    Writer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    مشاهد من سلا
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Cinéma réalité, Experimental, Short Documentary, Realism, First time filmmaker
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Morocco
  • Country of Filming:
    Morocco
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Saladoc
Director Biography - Imrane Rahani

Imrane grew up in a small marginilized city in central Morocco with a dream of becoming a filmmaker. After moving to Sale to enroll in the higher institute of audiovisual professions and Cinema, he directed two school projects, a short film and a TV Pilot for a game show titled “Kdeb Terbeh”. The TV pilot was met with a lot of enthusiasm however Imrane decided to focus on other projects while working to this day as a full-time video editor. Which led him to direct his first short cinema-verité style documentary "Scenes from Salé", selected at several film festivals including the Rabat International Author Film Festival and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

He has also worked on several other documentaries and short films as a film editor, a colorist, and a field sound mixer.

With Scenes from Sale, the vision was clear to be a raw unprecedented look at the city and people of Salé. Which he aims to continue doing with his future work. He has “preferred direct and real storytelling over beautiful or deep storytelling, because the less a movie feels authentic, the less it is appealing to me”.

Imrane is currently developing his first feature film titled “A statement under penalty of perjury”, inspired from his childhood memories and his hometown culture.

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