Talent Coordination

Here is how this works in practice. Our team supplies talent coordinators who manage the people side of casting on Moroccan shoots — looking after principal and supporting performers and setting up the large background units the country's shoots need. We brief coordinators on the practical scope: scheduling cast through fittings and prep, arranging travel and lodging, managing chaperones and welfare for performers, handling contracts and releases, and setting up the skilled Ouarzazate extras pool. Examples have Berber background performers, riders and animal handlers.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. On the ground, Talent coordinators we place work with the casting director, the second AD and the production office to keep cast logistics smooth across studio and remote locations. They communicate fluently in Arabic, French and English. This is key for looking after both global cast and Moroccan performers and extras drawn from across the country.

Here is the short of it. Morocco's talent landscape combines a recognised acting community — performers such as Said Taghmaoui, Lubna Azabal and Marwan Kenzari have raised the global profile of Moroccan-heritage actors — with an extras pool that is itself a destination asset. The Ouarzazate region is worldwide known for supplying large numbers of skilled background performers and skilled horse and camel handlers for historical epics. The ISMAC in Rabat trains film pros.

Here is how the picture comes together. On the ground, all production runs within the CCM framework: foreign shoots obtain CCM authorisation and partner with a CCM-licensed local production-services firm. With personal data handled under the CNDP and Law 09-08. The talent coordinators we place manage cast and extras logistics within that structure, working with the licensed local firm on contracts, welfare and releases.