Casablanca Beats

Former rapper Anas takes a job at a cultural centre in a working-class neighborhood in Casablanca. Encouraged by their new teacher, his students try to free themselves from the weight of certain restrictive traditions in order to live their passions and express themselves through hip-hop…

Casablanca Beats comes to the Haifa Festival from its screening in the official competition of the Cannes Festival. Nabil Ayouch’s vibrant musical, infused with hip- hop and rap music, was shot over the course of two years at a cultural center that Ayouch had co-founded. The film features a charismatic group of young people who were real life students in a hip-hop program.

Filmography: Razzia (2017), Horses of God (2012), Whatever Lola Wants (2007), Mektoub (1997).