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The 16th Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangiers took place in Morocco from October 1st to 6th. 44 films representing 18 Mediterranean countries had been selected for the official competition, and, to mark its 16th anniversary, the organisers created a new section – “Festival Guest”, this year highlighting French short films. For film professionals there …
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Farouk Essalhi, a 17-year-old high school student, and four of his classmates have created the Moroccan Youth Film Festival, which will be held at Rabat’s Renaissance Cinema on September 29th. In only three months the founder-organisers have managed to attract 700 participants from 74 countries. The jury will be chaired by Moroccan director and comic …
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The 10th Fidadoc (Agadir Documentary Festival) was held from June 19th to 23rd. Created by producer Nouzha Drissi, the festival aims to revive the documentary genre in Morocco and promote it across the Kingdom, North and West Africa. The Franco-Moroccan director Hicham Falah is now in charge of the festival, he told the newspaper Le …
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On June 7th and 8th the Commission d’aide à l’organisation des festivals cinématographiques selected 21 festivals and events for which it will provide financial support in 2018, totalling more than 530,000 euros. The main beneficiaries of this allocation of funds are: – The organiser of this year’s 24th Tetouan International Festival of Mediterranean Film will …
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Morocco has been nominated to take the presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) for 2020. HACA Director Naji Jamal Eddine will represent his country in this post. Morocco was admitted to the EAO in 2013, the 40th country to join the organization and the only one in North Africa. Currently France has the Presidency …
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The first Fez International Film Festival (FIFF), initiated by an association of the same name, will be held from November 13th to 17th. The organisers’ aim is to strengthen the town’s cultural identity and promote the Moroccan film industry as a whole. They hope it will “help boost the production, making and promotion of national …
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2M’s Parity and Diversity Committee is trying to reduce clichés and fight stereotypes. Since its creation in 2013 many projects promoting the status of women have been started. In 2015 a study day on the way women are perceived in Moroccan media highlighted the importance of advertising in the perpetuation of stereotypes. The committee then …
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