Between September 21st to October 14th, Rome holds the between peoples "Lazio Between Europe and the Mediterranean" cultural festival. The special prize for peace and friendship at the festival has been awarded to Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun and former Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni.
The event is intended to foster and promote intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean. It is being attended Mediterranean artists, including Moroccan writer Abdelkrim Khatibi and painters Mohammed Bennani and Mahi Binbine. The festival is organised by the Lazio region in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the patronage of President Giorgio Napolitano.
San Sebastian Film Festival features Maghreb films
Cinema in Motion is part of a travelling programme that takes films to festivals in Latin America, Europe and Africa. The second edition of the "Cinema in Motion" section of the San Sebastian Film Festival feature Maghreb films including:
Entre parenthèses by Hicham Falah and Mohamed Chrif Tribak from Morocco. The film explores the political and sentimental apprenticeship of the last generation of politicised students in the of the 80s.
Les larmes d’argent, by Mourad Boucif (Morocco-Belgium). The life of a young Moroccon peasant is cut short with his obligatory enlistment for the French army in 1940, when German troops invade Belgium and Holland.
Mascarades by Lyes Salem (France-Algeria). Marrying off a young girl affected by sleeping sickness is a real nightmare for her brother and head of the family.
Films included in the post-production stage are "L'Autre moitié du ciel" by Kalthoum Bornaz (Tunisia), "Ne restent dans l'Oued que ses galets" by Jean-Pierre Lledó (Algeria-France) and "Vivantes" by Saïd Ould-Khelifa (Algeria-France). (Sansebastianfestival.com)
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