Saturday, July 08, 2006

"Lights of Safi" Film Festival

Safi, Morocco, will host the 4th "Lights of Safi" French-language film festival from 11-15 July. Competing films include La Symphonie Marocaine (Morocco), De Battre, Mon Coeur S'est Arrêté (France), L'enfant (Belgium), Tout un hiver sans feu (Switzerland-Poland), Le Grand Voyage (France-Morocco), Mooladée (Senegal, Morocco, Cameroon), C.R.A.Z.Y (Canada), A Perfect Day (Lebanon-France), La Mort de Dante Lazarescu (Romania), and L'enfant endormi (Belgium-Morocco).

Homage will also be paid to Egyptian actor Jamil Ratib, Moroccan actor Mohammed Majd, Jacques Villeret and Mohammed Osfour, known as the father of Moroccan cinema. New Moroccan film Les jeux de l'amour by director Driss Chouika and Cherche ton coeur by Swiss director Vincent Pluss will also be presented outside of the competition.

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