FRANCE / Ferid Boughedir guest of honour of Cinémas du Sud

From April 27^th to 30^th, Regard Sud, an association based in Lyon, is organising the 16^th Cinémas du Sud festival, focussing on North African and Middle Eastern films.

Over 4 days, 9 films from 8 countries of the Arab world will be screened at the Institut Lumière.

The Tunisan director Ferid Boughedir, will be this year’s guest of honour, opening the festival with a screening of his latest feature film, “Parfum de Printemps”, a romance set during the Arab spring.

Other directors will show their films at Lyon: the Egyptian Farid Eslam with “Yallah! Underground”, the Lebanese Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya with “Very Big Shot”, the Yemeni Khadija Al Salami with “Moi, Nojoom, 10 Ans, Divorcée” and the Moroccan Mohamed Mouftakir with “L’Orchestre des Aveugles”.

Mai Masri’s “3 000 Nuits” (Palestine/Lebanon), “Letter to the King” by Hisham Zaman (Iraqi Kurdistan and Norway), Amir Ramsès’ “Cairo Time” (Egypt) and “Maintenant Ils Peuvent Venir” by Salem Brahimi (Algeria) complete the screening programme.

Click here to consult the complete festival programme.