Sirocco winds are hot and humid winds originating as dry desert-air over Northern Africa, flowing northward into the southern Mediterranean. In North Africa, Sirocco is called chom (hot) or arifi (thirsty); called Simoom in Arabia, Jordan, Syria; Ghibli in Libya; Chili in Tunisia and Algeria; Khamsin in Egypt and around the Red Sea, and Sharavin Israel.
Sirocco: Prophecy of Wind joins a significant history of films shot in Morocco. Orson Welles filmed Othello, which won the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Alfred Hitchcock directed The Man Who Knew Too Much, set in Marrakech and Casablanca, and David Lean shot the desert scenes of Lawrence of Arabia in Morocco. Recent films shot in Morocco include American Sniper, directed by Clint Eastwood starring Bradley Cooper, Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation, directed by Christopher McQuarrie starring Tom Cruise, Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass starring Tom Hanks, and Body of Lies, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
John Taschner's production still image "Prayer for Kidnapped Schoolgirls" that he shot on location in West Africa during production of Sirocco: Prophecy of Wind was selected for the Colorado International Activism Film Festival.