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Flying like a Bird
El Mahdi Lyoubi
Morocco
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2025Presentation category
Producers Connection Project
Production status
In production
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Logline
The story of a friendship between Mehdi, the rapper who left the city of Salé for becoming filmmaker in France and Hamza, the circus acrobat remaining in Morocco. Two children of the Arab Spring driven by the same desire for freedom and making art for their people.
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Project information
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2025
Countries of production
Morocco
Countries of co‑production
France
Production status
In production
Credits
Director
El Mahdi Lyoubi
El Mahdi Lyoubi
Production
Hicham Falah for Cinema Salama
Hicham Falah for Cinema Salama
Co-production
Marie Dubas for Deuxième Ligne Films,
Louise Bansard for GoGoGo Films
Marie Dubas for Deuxième Ligne Films,
Louise Bansard for GoGoGo Films
Pitch team
El Mahdi Lyoubi,
Hicham Falah
El Mahdi Lyoubi,
Hicham Falah