Gardens of Fez (2026)
The narrow streets of the old city of Fez wind around walled houses, crumbling palaces and quiet courtyards. Rajae, a schoolteacher, reminisces about the gardens and streams–places once alive with mystery and discovery–that have now fallen into neglect or vanished entirely. As architect Rachid Haloui uncovers the hidden network of waterways and springs that shaped Fez, Rajae sets out to develop a play, determined to revive these stories. On a rooftop, the rehearsal begins. Elsewhere in the city, a poet recalls an old verse, a gardener tends one of the last remaining plots, and a dancer encounters the spirit of water. Their stories, rituals and songs, as well as the daily care of the city’s fountains and parks, reveal Fez as a city at a threshold–where memory and imagination resist dissapearance, and remain deeply intertwined with everyday life.
Director: Heidi Vogels
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Rajae Drissi as Rajae Drissi |
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Rachid Haloui as Rachid Haloui |
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Camilea El Hakem as Camilea El Hakem |
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Mohammed El Hadri as Mohammed El Hadri |
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Hassan Saghrousni as Hassan Saghrousni |
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Sidi Azzouz as Sidi Azzouz |
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Fouad Rhalmane as Fouad Rhalmane |
| Camera | Benito Strangio | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stella Van Voorst van Beest | Editor |
| Sound | Slobodan Bajić | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Marjo Postma | Sound |
| Sound | Mohammed Chokrallah | Sound |
| Production | Manon Bovenkerk | Consulting Producer |
| Directing | Heidi Vogels | Director |
| Production | Heidi Vogels | Producer |
| Writing | Heidi Vogels | Writer |
