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Festival Season:

September 2024

PALACE GUARDIANSحراس لكصر

PALACE GUARDIANSحراس لكصر

Directors:

Writers:

AIDA BOUYA
NAIMA LAMGHAYFRI

Producers:

Khalid Dami

Run Time:

1:04:00

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In this film, we try to delve into the memory of the place to give an accurate picture documented with audio and video of the group of landmarks that were and still are distributed within the palace neighborhoods, to shed light on one of the palaces located in southern Morocco, which is known as the Asa Palace, or (the Palace) as its residents like to pronounce it, and it is distinguished by its historical and architectural value. And civilization, and is full of an important, diverse and ancient architectural heritage, which we discover by following the path of the three characters Bouzid Mazdad in the palace, and one of its well-known residents runs a small inn consisting of houses in one of the neighborhoods of Qasr Asa. 

Taking advantage of the grandeur and simplicity of the building, and to control the temperature inside the buildings, modern technology was combined with great success with some of the oldest methods known to man, such as clay bricks, which are an ancient building material and have Excellent insulation properties, as they help keep the heat of the day out and equalize the difference. Between day and night temperatures. Another thing was added to this natural temperature control by integrating cold water pipes into the mud plaster of the walls. This combination of mud brick walls and cold water flowing inside the pipes helps keep the internal temperature at a comfortable and constant limit. Not far from Bouzid, in the second district, we find Mother Sahaba, who knows the secrets of the palace and lives on the authentic desert tents she weaves with her fingertips. 

Taking advantage of the space of the square in the middle of the palace, then Embarak, that ambitious young man who lives not far from Fasr Asa. His profession is decorating in television and cinema productions, as well as festivals, and by virtue of the nature of his work, Hawa Al-Akhir took advantage of a space in the third district of Luxor and equipped it with all the supplies of desert décoration from old tools, the late millstone Amshaqab. And the fur is like the silk of the saddlebags, the pillars of the tent. The heroes of this work are of different ages, tribal affiliations, skin colors, and different Hassani, Berber, and dialect dialects, but their common denominator is belonging to this lofty edifice, which dates back thousands of years of stone time, both in terms of its reconstruction as well as the social, religious, and political facilities, and based on the traditional architecture with which it was built. .

Submitter Statement

KHALID DAMI Président Association Producteurs du région sahara Directeur Société MEDIA PRO ASWAT NEWS Chef rédacteur site web et journal. Président union des entreprises au Sahara Producteur exécutif du documentaire Sanawat Al atama - the years of darkness - avec le soutien du CCM/Commission d'aide à la production des œuvres cinématographique-2020 Producteur exécutif du documentaire «palace gardians soutien CCM . producteur longue métrage “longue journée “ producteur série “wlad aicha” SNRT Maroc Chercheur cycle doctorant Master en sciences des médias et des information 2016 Licence en droit français/ université Med 5 Rabat-2022 Diplôme de communication et de journalisme / Ecole privé Casablanca - 2014 Diplôme formation audiovisuel / Institut de technologie à Laâyoune - 2018 Diplôme D'Aljazeera Media Intitulé Production documentaire
Director, producer, interested in Hassani heritage The choice to enter the world of filmmaking and production came after the experience of entering the world of journalism and winning an international award for an investigative report on "Abandoned Children" with the International Center for Journalists in Washington in 2013. 2023: Participate as an evaluator of the essential standards of journalism, production and content of the MBN group's digital platforms (MAGHREB VOICES) in the United States. 2022: Jury member of the sixth edition of the Documentary Film Festival on culture, History and the Sahrawi Hassani space, organized by the Moroccan Cinematographic Center (CCM) in Laayoune. 2021: Participation in the training camp "Documentary film making" with the production company "Maimas" in Ouarzazate. 2018: Participation in the “documentary film industry” training camp with the production company “Twin Prod” in Chaouen. 2017: Intensive training on the production and direction of the documentary film “Sahara Project Lab.” under the supervision of the director “Hakim Bel Abbes”, the critic “Hamadi Gueroum” and the producer “Dan Smith” in Dakhla. 2016: Jury member of the 1st edition of the Youth Theater Festival in Tangier. 2015: Intensive training on the production of documentary films under the supervision of the journalist “Assad Taha” in Rabat. 2014: Participation in the World Forum on Human Rights in Marrakech. 2013: Study trip to the United States of America under the auspices of the International Center for Journalists “ICFJ” in Washington, DC. 2012 - 2013: Participation in the International Media Forum dedicated to young journalists "Nibras Chabab" during its third and fourth sessions in Agadir. 2011 - 2012: Intensive online training and two training camps in Jordan under the supervision of the International Center of Journalists in Washington on digital media "Use of Digital Tools in Public Services".

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