Kick-off of the 4th Amman Worldwide Movie Pageant, with the participation of Morocco

by times news cr

2024-05-22 14:32:12

The Moroccan movies within the operating are “Queens” by Yasmine Benkirane and “A Summer time in Boujad” by Omar Mouldouira, within the operating for the grand prize (Black Iris Award) within the narrative function movie class, and “Damaged Mirrors” by Othmane Saadouni and “Fragments From Heaven” by Adnane Baraka (feature-length documentaries).

This system additionally features a sequence of movies chosen for the grand prize for greatest quick movie, a global competitors (viewers prize), sections “Highlight on Jordanian quick movies” and “Rendez-vous franco-Arabe”, in addition to as grasp lessons, seminars and debate conferences with movie administrators and cinema professionals.

The jury for the narrative function movies class is made up of Spanish producer Andres Vicente Gomez, Jordanian actor Eyad Nassar and Egyptian artist Bushra Rozza, whereas the jury for feature-length documentaries consists of German-Lebanese producer and director Monika Borgmann, Jordanian editor Eyad Hamam and Lebanese filmmaker Nezar Andary.

Arab feature-length documentaries are additionally competing this yr for the FIPRESCI prize, supposed to advertise rising skills within the seventh Artwork.

The opening ceremony of this cultural occasion was marked by the screening of the Palestinian movie “A Weekend in Gaza”, by Basil Khalil.

Organized underneath the aegis of the Jordanian Royal Movie Fee, the Amman Worldwide Movie Pageant offers a showcase for premier Arab and worldwide movies. All chosen works are produced in 2022 or 2023.

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