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Ceuta’s Gate is a series of reconstructed situations based on observations made on the border of Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan soil.
Ceuta’s Gate is a series of reconstructed situations based on observations made on the border of Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan soil. Thousands of people cross the border every day, an endless ballet of migration and the trafficking of manufactured goods to be sold at discounted prices. The film focuses on the larger political and economic tensions that arise in such a small territory that has become a gateway between Africa and Europe.

Credits

Director
Randa Maroufi
Screenwriter
Randa Maroufi
Producer
Sophie Penson, Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
Editor
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis, Randa Maroufi
Production Company
Barney Production
Distributor
Shortcuts
Sound
Mohamed Bounouar, Léonore Mercier, Christian Cartier
Associate Producer
Randa Maroufi
Cast
the smugglers of Ceuta

About the Director

Randa Maroufi
Born in 1987 in Casablanca, Randa Maroufi is a visual artist and filmmaker. She studied at the Institut National des Beaux-Arts (Tétouan), École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers and Le Fresnoy. A fellow of the Académie de France à Madrid (2018) and the Villa Médicis (2025), her award-winning films ‘Le Park’ (2015) and ‘Bab Sebta’ (2019) began a trilogy on Moroccan cities, completed by ‘L’mina’ (
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