Moroccan writer-director Maryam Touzani’s stirring second feature maps a melancholy relationship triangle involving an artisanal tailor, his dying wife and his male apprentice. By David Rooney Chief ...

A tailor wrestles with his sexuality in The Blue Caftan, a tender Moroccan drama in Un Certain Regard from Maryam Touzani. Also a subtle portrait of a marriage, it slowly unveils the issues of its ...

Maryam Touzani's story about a closeted maalem and his handsome apprentice is actually a defense of the institution of marriage. When an aging couple operating a struggling Moroccan dress shop hire a ...

Maryam Touzani’s exploration of suppressed homosexuality The Blue Caftan has been submitted as Morocco’s official entry in the Best International Feature Film Oscar category. The feature debuted in ...

"A caftan must be able to survive the one who wears it." Strand has unveiled the official US trailer for an indie drama from France titled The Blue Caftan, which first premiered at the 2022 Cannes ...

Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Maryam Touzani’s “The Blue Caftan,” which world premiered at Cannes and won the Fipresci prize. The film, which is represented in ...

Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, whose is sophomore feature, “The Blue Caftan,” unspools in Un Certain Regard, has never been afraid to tackle topics that shatter her country’s social conventions.

Director Maryam Touzani's 'The Blue Caftan' and Nyala Moon's short 'How to Not Date While Trans' were also 2022 honorees alongside inaugural Breakthrough Visionary winner Elegance Bratton. By Abbey ...