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Stand-by Office
by Randa Maroufi
France, Lebanon, Romania, 2017, 13’20 ”
Presented at the 18th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, 2025
PHOTOGRAPHY:Victor Zébo; editing,
SOUND PRODUCER: Randa Maroufi
In collaboration with the “We Are Here” group.
With the support of: Le Fresnoy, Culture Resource’s Production Awards Program, CBK Zuidoost, Cinelabs Romania.
ov: English; sub: Italian
SOUND PRODUCER: Randa Maroufi
In collaboration with the “We Are Here” group.
With the support of: Le Fresnoy, Culture Resource’s Production Awards Program, CBK Zuidoost, Cinelabs Romania.
ov: English; sub: Italian
IN COLLABORATION WITH: “We Are Here” group.
WITH THE SUPPORTO OF: Le Fresnoy, Culture Resource’s Production Awards Program, CBK Zuidoost, Cinelabs Romania.
ov: English; sub: Italian
WITH THE SUPPORTO OF: Le Fresnoy, Culture Resource’s Production Awards Program, CBK Zuidoost, Cinelabs Romania.
ov: English; sub: Italian
The camera observes a group of people inside an office, following their everyday work gestures. Nothing appears out of place. Yet as it leads us through the rooms, our perception of this particular space gradually shifts. We begin to wonder: what does this office represent for this group of people?
The film’s performers are refugees from the We Are Here collective in Amsterdam, who are denied both the right to work and access to housing, and are therefore forced to live on the streets. The group has chosen to make their inhumane condition visible not by hiding, but by exposing the reality faced by those excluded from official procedures in the Netherlands.
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 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