L'mina
TITLE
L’mina
DIRECTOR
Randa Maroufi
COUNTRY
France, Italy, Morocco, Qatar
YEAR
2025
DURATION
26′
GENRE
Documentary
Overview

L'mina
Jerada is a mining town in Morocco where coal extraction, although officially halted in 2001, continues informally to this day. "L’mina" recreates the current work in informal mining pits using a set design created in collaboration with the town’s residents, who perform in their own roles.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Randa Maroufi
Born in 1987 in Casablanca (Morocco), Ran- da Maroufi is a visual artist and filmmaker. She graduated from the Institut National des Beaux-Arts in Tétouan, the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, and Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains. In 2018, she became a fellow at the Académie de France à Madrid, Casa de Velázquez and the Villa Médicis in Rome in 2025. Her films Le Park (2015) and Bab Sebta (2019), awarded at several festivals, mark the beginning of a trilogy dedicated to three Mo- roccan cities. L’mina (2025) is the final chapter of this trilogy.
Credits
- DirectorRanda Maroufi
- ScreenplayRanda Maroufi
- CinematographyLuca Coassin CCS
- CastAmine Mkallech, Laid Erramly, the inhabitants of Jerada and Hassi Blal
- EditingCéline Perréard, Randa Maroufi
- Producer/s Randa Maroufi, Oumayma Zekri Ajarrai
- Production CompanyShatamata Production
- Distributor/sSquare Eyes
- Project TitleL'mina
- Project TypeDocumentary
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originFrance, Italy, Morocco, Qatar
- Country of filmingFrance, Italy, Morocco, Qatar
- LanguageArabic
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo

Randa Maroufi
Born in 1987 in Casablanca (Morocco), Ran- da Maroufi is a visual artist and filmmaker. She graduated from the Institut National des Beaux-Arts in Tétouan, the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, and Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains. In 2018, she became a fellow at the Académie de France à Madrid, Casa de Velázquez and the Villa Médicis in Rome in 2025. Her films Le Park (2015) and Bab Sebta (2019), awarded at several festivals, mark the beginning of a trilogy dedicated to three Mo- roccan cities. L’mina (2025) is the final chapter of this trilogy.