Yassine, a Moroccan cinephile fascinated by Iranian cinema, travels through Morocco to prepare and cast for his first short film.

Yassine El Idrissi is trying to make a graduation film for his Masters degree. He wants to shoot an Iranian style movie in Morocco, because he loves Iranian cinema. He enlists the help of a novelist, Rachid, and a theatre teacher, Hussein. Together they take a journey to look for locations and a cast for his film, entitled "National Day", about a village that doesn't have flags on an important national holiday.
Inspired by a selection of his favourite Iranian movies, such as "This is not a movie" by Jafar Panahi, and"Salam Cinema" by Mehssin Makhmalbaf, the film is an exploration of the relation between creativity and society.