Iranian film, animation to vie at Rabat Int’l Film Festival in Morocco
Two Iranian productions, the feature film “Without Permission” by Hassan Nazer and the animated series “The Camel and the Miller” by Abdollah Alimorad, have been selected to take part in the 30th Rabat International Author Film Festival in Morocco.
The Iranian-British co-production “Without Permission” has been invited to the festival’s main competition section. The film was previously screened in competition at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.
Behrouz Sebt Rasoul, best known as a director, takes on the lead role in the work, with cinematography by Ali Mohammad Ghasemi. The film tells a poetic and contemplative story of an Iranian filmmaker returning to his homeland. Seeking a new language to express his thoughts and artistic concerns, he begins working with children, embarking on a deeply personal journey that celebrates imagination and self-expression in the younger generation.
Global distribution for “Without Permission” is handled by the French company DreamLab Films, headed by Nasrin Mirshab.
Meanwhile, “The Camel and the Miller”, an animated anthology directed by veteran animator Abdollah Alimorad, will be screened in the festival’s children’s section. Produced by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon), the collection includes three short films — The Substitute, White Wings, and The Farmer and the Robot.
The series was first unveiled at the film market of the 75th Cannes Film Festival and later enjoyed a public release in France. It has since been shown at several major festivals in Morocco, including the 21st Meknes International Animation Film Festival (2022), the Morocco International Film Festival “Cinema for Teenagers” (2023), and the third Casablanca Independent Film Festival (2025).
The 30th Rabat International Auteur Film Festival will run from November 7 to 15 in Morocco.