Morjana Alaoui

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity. (imdb)

A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.

A wild ride in Casablanca for a group of hip young people. Romance, parties, friendship, fast cars, music, graduation and the anxiety of moving on after high school. The carefree lifestyle of headstrong student Rita often clashes with traditionnal Moroccan culture. Her crush on the cutest guy in school worries her conservative older brother. (mubi.com)

Laïla Marrakchi returns to the Festival with another lively family drama chronicling the foibles and hypocrisies of Morocco's middle class. (tiff.net)

An elite team of mercenaries is hired for a covert operation, deep inside a former Soviet state. Arriving at an underground laboratory, their mission is to secure specimens of genetically engineered human and alien hybrids. Battling with a ferocious armed militia as well as dark, menacing creatures, the odds of survival are stacked against them. (imdb)

A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic but the burden of the job stirs up her past. It seems the limits of caring are not always as clear as they should be. (imdb)

BURNOUT starts with the young Ayoub's long-sighted look at a shop window. He is 13 years old and works as a shoe shopper, hoping to earn enough money to buy a bone prosthesis for his mother. Director and Scriptwriter Nour Eddine Lakhmari gives us perspectives for several different people in the city of Casablanca: a medicine student who eventually confronts his privileged customer; The Jaguar-driving, confined Jad and his unhappy wife Ines; a whimsical, car enthusiast. (imdb)

Both Sherko and Mokhtar are in love with Najla. She had just finished her medical studies in Rome, but intended to go on and becoming a specialized doctor - when she receives a letter from Sherko saying that she must forget him. (imdb)