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Bab Sebta
by Randa Maroufi
France, 2019, 19′
Presented at the 18th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, 2025
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Luca Coassin
EDITING: Randa Maroufi, Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
SOUND: Léonore Mercier, Randa Maroufi
EDITING: Randa Maroufi, Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
SOUND: Léonore Mercier, Randa Maroufi
PRODUCTION: Barney Production & Montfleuri Production
ov: Moroccan Arabic; sub: English, Italian
ov: Moroccan Arabic; sub: English, Italian
Bab Sebta consists of a series of reconstructed situations based on observations made on the border of Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan soil providing the scene for an intense trafficking of manufactured goods, sold at discounted prices. Every day, thousands of people work there.
Randa Maroufi (Casablanca, 1987; lives and works in Paris).
Her work has been exhibited at institutions including: Le Nouveau Printemps/Toulouse (2025); L’Arc–Scène Nationale/Le Creusot (2025); MAC VAL/Vitry-sur-Seine (2024); Museum Hof van Busleyden/Mechelen (2024); Biennale de Lyon (2022); Museo de Reina Sofía, Madrid (2021); New Museum, New York (2020). Her films have been presented at international festivals such as Cannes, FID Marseille, IFFR Rotterdam, IndieLisboa, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
Maroufi has been awarded the 2025–2026 fellowship in photography and cinema at the French Academy in Rome, Villa Medici.
Her work has been exhibited at institutions including: Le Nouveau Printemps/Toulouse (2025); L’Arc–Scène Nationale/Le Creusot (2025); MAC VAL/Vitry-sur-Seine (2024); Museum Hof van Busleyden/Mechelen (2024); Biennale de Lyon (2022); Museo de Reina Sofía, Madrid (2021); New Museum, New York (2020). Her films have been presented at international festivals such as Cannes, FID Marseille, IFFR Rotterdam, IndieLisboa, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
Maroufi has been awarded the 2025–2026 fellowship in photography and cinema at the French Academy in Rome, Villa Medici.
Selected Filmography
2025 L’mina 2019 Bab Sebta 2019 Barbès 2017 Stand-by Office 2015 The Park 2014 The Great Safae
2025 L’mina 2019 Bab Sebta 2019 Barbès 2017 Stand-by Office 2015 The Park 2014 The Great Safae