Jerada is a mining town in Morocco where coal extraction, although officially halted in 2001, continues informally to this day.
"L’mina" recreates the current work in informal mining pits using a set design created in collaboration with the town’s residents, who perform in their own roles.
L’mina
a film by
Randa Maroufi
Biography
Born in 1987 in Casablanca (Morocco), Randa Maroufi is a visual artist and filmmaker. She graduated from the Institut National des Beaux-Arts in Tétouan, the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, and Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains. In 2018, she became a fellow at the Académie de France à Madrid, Casa de Velázquez and the Villa Médicis in Rome in 2025.
Her films Le Park (2015) and Bab Sebta (2019), awarded at several festivals, mark the beginning of a trilogy dedicated to three Moroccan cities. L’mina (2025) is the final chapter of this trilogy.
In 2022, she founded Shatamata Production, a company for film projects that lie between visual arts and cinema.
Filmography
The Great Safae, 15’56’’, 2014
The Park, 14’, 2015
Stand-by Office, 13’20, 2017
Bab Sebta, 19’, 2019
Barbès, 6’, 2019
L’mina, 26’, 2025
