Narrative & Documentary Editing

Here is how this works in practice. We deliver narrative and documentary editing from first assembly through picture lock — building structure, pacing scenes, shaping performance and rhythm, and finding the version of the film that best serves the story. Our team works closely with directors through the edit process, from a long first cut to the tightened final cut, managing the screening-and-revision cycle that turns raw footage into a coherent feature. Morocco's post sector in Casablanca and Rabat now handles edit in-country alongside sound and colour. Editors here are skilled across both fiction and factual forms. Productions that shoot at Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou, in the Sahara or in the cities bring wide coverage, and a tight edit is where that material becomes a film.

Here is the breakdown. Moroccan cinema has a strong narrative custom that informs the edit craft. Maryam Touzani's 'The Blue Caftan' competed at Cannes in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Best Global Feature Oscar, while Nabil Ayouch's 'Casablanca Beats' and 'Horses of God' showed a confident command of structure and pace. These films set a standard for editing that local pros work to. Documentary work draws on Morocco's rich subject matter — its music heritage, history and the historical sites that double for the wider region.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. On the ground, Editing connects to the full delivery chain. Examples have the Arabic, French and English versioning standard here and theatrical release through festivals such as the Marrakech Global Film Festival and the National Film Festival in Tangier. We help global and local directors realise their films in the cut, delivered to the specs their distribution needs.