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A sound, film, and music program on Morocco featuring composer Ahmed Essyad; artist-researcher Gilles Aubry; composer-artist Leila Bencharnia; flautist Yumi Murakami; curator-researcher Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa; Francesca Ceccherini (Zaira Oram); a Masahat-hosted reading circle; and DJ sets by Moe Chakiri, among others.

Film screenings feature Trances (1981) on Nass El Ghiwane; Salam Godzilla (2019) and L’Makina (2023) by Gilles Aubry; and The Diary of a Sky (2024) by Lawrence Abu Hamdan. Additional films will be duly announced.

Moderated by Katía Truijen (Rewire Festival), Heloisa Amaral (Ultima), Ash Kilmartin (Radio WORM) and Selma Benmalek (Masahat).

Info: https://www.ultima.no/en/festival-2025-there-is-more-to-it-than-casablanca