Ouarzazate hosts 75% of productions

More than 75% of film productions in Morocco in 2014 were shot in Ouarzazate, indicated the director of the Ouarzazate Film Commission, Abderrazzak Zitouny, highlighting the large influx of foreign productions to Morocco in general, and to Ouarzazate in particular, during the current year. This revival of the film sector in Ouarzazate has had a very positive impact on the city's tourism activity, marked by a considerable increase in the number of overnight stays in classified tourist accommodation establishments, added Abderrazzak Zitouny. Preparations are underway in Ouarzazate to host several films whose shooting will begin at the end of August/beginning of September in the city's various studios, he specified, noting that the shooting duration of some of these films will exceed 4 months, which will create some 3,000 working days for extras and technicians. Abderrazzak Zitouny added t…