Moroccan actress, Touria Alaoui was awarded the best actress award at the 21st Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, for her role in Tarfaya by Daoud Aoulad-Sayad.
"It's a reward for a serious and fruitful work of the whole team of the movie,' said Touria for whom this prize is the "crowning of the Moroccan actor and cinema."
Tarfaya, which also stars Mohamed Bastaoui and Mohamed Khouyi, tells the story of Meryem, a 28-year-old woman who arrives at a village waiting for her turn to immigrate illegally. Far from focusing on the crossing, the movie rather shows the daily life and the human relations among village dwellers.
The jury, chaired by Lebanese critic and novelist, Ilyas Khouri, awarded the Tanit d'or to Tunisian director, Nouri Bouzid for his feature "Le Dernier Film" (the last movie), while the best actor prize was won by his countryman Lotfi Abdelli who starred in the same film.
The jury also awarded its special prize to Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako for his feature “Bamako.”
In addition to Tarfaya, three other Moroccan films were competing in the festival, namely “Défunt” (the defunct) by Rachid El Ouali, “Jardin des Rides” (the garden of winkles) by Hicham Lasri and “Portable” by Nour Eddine Tilsaghani.
A total of 228 movies, representing about sixty countries –including 12 Arab and 16 African countries- were shown during this festive, including 15 feature films and 14 short films that were competing for the prizes.
Last year’s Tanit d’or was awarded to Moroccan film “Les anges ne volent pas” (angels don’t fly) by Mohamed Asli.
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