Marrakech – From January 28 to February 11, the 31st edition of the European Film Weeks returns to Casablanca, Marrakech, and Rabat, offering Moroccan audiences a curated journey through contemporary European storytelling.

The 2026 selection brings together established auteurs, major contemporary voices, and emerging filmmakers, united by a common desire to explore themes that feel both personal and political: family and transmission, grief and resilience, belief systems, memory, and the individual’s place in an increasingly unstable world. 

Organized by the European Union in Morocco, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication and the Moroccan Cinematographic Center, this year’s edition presents a carefully crafted selection of eight recent European feature films, alongside a powerful lineup of short films from the southern Mediterranean.

Opening the festival is “Sentimental Value” by Joachim Trier, winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, setting the tone for a program that privileges emotional depth over spectacle. 

The lineup also features Christian Petzold’s “Mirrors No. 3”, an intimate and restrained meditation on loss and identity, where silence often speaks louder than words.

Memory, time, and transformation run through several standout works, including “Silent Friend”, narrated from the perspective of an observing tree, and Isabel Coixet’s “Three Goodbyes”, a delicate exploration of grief and human connection. 

In “The Man of the Grande Arche”, Stéphane Demoustier pulls back the curtain on a monumental European architectural project, revealing the tension between artistic vision and political power.

Faith and adolescence take center stage in “Los Domingos” by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, while “Reedland”, the debut feature by Sven Bresser, immerses viewers in an unsettling, almost hypnotic atmosphere that announces a bold new cinematic voice. 

For younger audiences, and the cinephiles they may become, the animated film “Arco” by Ugo Bienvenu offers a poetic, futuristic tale praised for its visual beauty and emotional intelligence.

True to its mission, the European Film Weeks also amplifies voices from the southern Mediterranean and Middle East through a selection of short films that echo and deepen the themes explored in the feature films. 

Works such as “L’Mina” by Randa Maroufi (Morocco), “Coyotes” by Said Zagha (Palestine), “I’m Glad You’re Dead Now” by Tawfeek Barhom (Palestine), and “My Brother, My Brother” by Saad and Abdelrahman Dnewar (Egypt) foreground lived realities where the personal is inseparable from the political.

Since its creation in 1991, the European Film Weeks have positioned cinema as a space of encounter, between cultures, generations, and narratives from both shores of the Mediterranean. 

Screening venues and dates:

Casablanca: January 28 – February 4 at Cinema Rif

Marrakech: January 30 – February 6 at Le Colisée

Rabat: February 4 – February 11 at Cinema Renaissance

Ticket prices remain deliberately accessible: MAD 10 ($1) per screening, MAD 50 ($5) for a weekly pass, and MAD 25 ($2.50) for students.