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A still from ‘So What If The Goats Die’ showing actor Fouad Oughaou with a pile of used tyres behind him.

In Sofia Alaoui’s award-winning sci-fi short film, a curious event shakes the worldview of the shepherds and villagers in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains.

Screenshot from ‘So What If the Goats Die,' YouTube.

What to Watch in North Africa This Month

The films in this month’s watch guide take you from Morocco’s snowy Atlas Mountains to sunkissed Atlantic surfers, all the way to Egypt’s Mediterranean coast and into its extremist religious circles.