Grip Equipment

Here is how this works in practice. We source full grip packages from Morocco's set up gear base, concentrated around Ouarzazate and Casablanca. Atlas Studios — founded in 1983 and one of the largest film studios in the world by area. The roster covers and CLA Studios hold real in-country grip inventory, from C-stands and combo stands to overhead frames, textiles and speed rail, built up over decades of servicing global shoots including Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven and Spectre.

Here is the breakdown. On the ground, our team scales the package to your shoot, organises it into grip carts and cases for efficient access on set, and supplements with pro rigging hardware flown in from Europe when a production needs kit beyond the local pool. We also arrange skilled Moroccan key grips and grip crews who know how to work the standing sets and the desert terrain.

Here is the short of it. Grip work in Morocco is defined by the sun and the desert. With more than 300 sunny days a year and famously hard, trusted light, the grip department's largest job is shaping and cutting that light — oversized frames, silks and solids are in constant demand for overhead diffusion on exteriors at Ait Benhaddou and across the Merzouga dunes. High winds and sandstorms are a genuine planning factor, so we supply generous sandbag counts, low-profile rigging and wind-rated frame configurations, and we brief crews on securing overhead work in gusty desert conditions.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. On the ground, Summer temperatures above 40°C in Ouarzazate and the Sahara mean hardware is staged in shade and metalwork is handled with care. For shoots claiming the CCM 30% cash rebates, grip hire from Moroccan vendors counts as qualifying spend, billed in dirham (MAD), and any rigging imported short-term clears through Moroccan Customs (the ADII) under ATA Carnet procedures.