The 4th Mediterranean Short-Length Film Festival will open in Tangier on September 11.
The six-day festival, open to recent short-length productions in the Mediterranean, will include an official competition that will screen 40 films from 17 countries.The list includes three Moroccan productions, Tala Hafid's Tes cheveux noirs Ihssan,Mohamed Chrif Tribek's 30 ans of Mohamed Chrif Tribek and Ali Benkirane's film, Casa.
The participating films will contest to win "the Festival's Grand Prize", "Best Screenplay Prize" and the "Jury Special Prize". The festival will also nominate best actors and actresses.
The jury, chaired by Moroccan filmmaker Momen Shimi, includes the director of the Tarifa African Festival, Mane Sisneros, the French producer and filmmaker, Bernard Verley, the Palestinian director Rachid Masharoui and the Moroccan sociologist, Soumaya Naamene Guessous.
Spanish director Martin Resete’s film Our daily bread was awarded last year’s first prize.
On the fringes of the official competition, movie-goers will sample a wide range of Moroccan cinema through the screening of 60 national productions.
The festival will also feature conferences and debates on short-length films.
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