Support our feature film 'The Signature'

Hi, we're Flaneur Sensory Productions , an audio-visual film start up located at the nexus of North Africa and Europe. We work on the conception and production of films, documentaries and programmes. Find our website here: https://flaneursensoryproductions.com/

KHALID ZOUKKARI

Producer/ Company Owner

Khalid is the production owner and a freelance cinematographer for the Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM). He has over 16 years of film work experience working internationally and in Morocco and has worked on films such as Gangsta (w/ the directors of Bad Boys for Life 3 & 4 Adil and Bilal), The Negotiator/Beirut and the Hannah series and much more.

SHARLEEN ESTAMPADOR, PHD

Marketing Director/Creative writer/Co-Partner

Sharleen is the co-partner of Flaneur Sensory Productions. She creates content for documentary and film. Sharleen has extensive experience covering social issues in academic settings and published and presented for public audiences. She's currently an instructor at the University of Edinburgh at the School of Social and Political Science.

Our introduction:

Flaneur Sensory Productions came about through several coffee encounters between Khalid and Sharleen in the city of Edinburgh. They found that their skills working in the film industry and in academia could be complementary to documentary and fictional filmmaking.

One afternoon, Sharleen shared a page from Edmund White’s The Flaneur that depicted his observations of a Parisian neighborhood that had the same smells, sights, and sounds as a Marrakesh market. It was this method of observing and meandering the cityscapes that inspired Khalid to incorporate flaneur into the title of the company. Indeed, it was through strolling around the avenues and parks of Edinburgh that their promising creative relationship began.

Our vision is to provoke the sentiments and senses. To capture the audience’s attention by transmitting the emotions and details of the scenery directly to viewers. We want to tell stories that matter.

What we are asking for:

Materials and equipment rentals to start shooting: £35,000

These will include cameras and accessories (lenses, etc.); Machinery and grip such as cranes, stands, fixers, rails, dolly machine, etc.; Lighting such as sky panels, HMI (18 kw, 6 kw), cables, generator, etc.

10% of all donations will go to the London based United Nations registered Moroccan Woman's organisation Al Hasaniya that supports the diaspora in the UK.

Your name will also be added to the film credits as a huge thank you for your support.

'Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women’s Centre serves the health, welfare, educational and cultural needs of Moroccan and Arabic-speaking women and their families resident in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and London-wide. Al-Hasaniya consists of an all female staff group. '

'We are delighted to partner with Flaneur Sensory in this first of its kind feature film that raises a pertinent issue on the plight of Moroccan women when divorcing. Divorce remains a huge taboo, not only in Morocco but across the Arab world. The Moroccan legal system is clear and equitable when it comes to women's rights, but the practice is another matter. This film intends to explore the challenges faced by Moroccan women when divorcing, especially those with children under age and those who live abroad. We commend the team at Flaneur Sensory for this endeavour and we hope that you will support this initiative.'

Lina El Baz

Chair & Trustee at Al-hasaniya Moroccan Women's Centre-London -UK

Souad Talsi

MBE Acting Chief Executive Officer

A bit about our film:

It's a story that sheds light on the issue of divorce through the eyes of an 8-year-old child. Through her parent's divorce and the pain of her father’s absence, it reveals the social world of divorce and stigma at school, bringing to light a set of questions that the mother struggles to answer. The narrative also develops into a love story, which reveals the social phenomenon of how separation can be done in a civilized manner.

As the film progresses it will show the progression of the family, culminating with the daughters own marriage as she becomes older. This film will display the complexity of divorce from a Moroccan cultural backdrop, where divorce happens, however involved in expectations of loyalty and shame. In the end, our film will show that even with the loss of love, love can be found again in life, even with all its contradictions.

This scenario came about from the author and journalist Samira Meghdad . More on the author https://hnews.ma/31736/