The Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture has completed a training course in Rabat aimed at strengthening the next generation of Amazigh-language screenwriters.
According to Amadal Amazigh, the course ran from June 22 to 26, 2026, at the institute’s Center for Artistic Studies, Literary Expressions and Audiovisual Production. It was designed for writers working on Amazigh film projects or young creators with previous experience in screenwriting and directing.
The institute’s dean described the initiative as part of a broader strategy to develop Amazigh audiovisual creation by investing in young talent and accompanying artistic projects. The course was supervised by Moroccan director, screenwriter and writer Hicham Lasri.
The timing is significant for Amazigh cinema. While Amazigh-language films and television productions have expanded over the past two decades, the sector still faces recurring challenges around training, distribution, budgets and script development. Screenwriting workshops can therefore have an outsized impact by helping creators move from cultural intention to stronger narrative structure.
For Morocco’s wider cultural scene, the course also signals that Amazigh audiovisual production is being treated as a professional field, not only as heritage programming. That distinction matters if Amazigh cinema is to compete nationally and reach international festivals on artistic terms.