This festival represents an opportunity for women filmmakers of all geographical origins, Arab, African and international, to debate issues related to this profession, to share their experience and expertise, to raise problems related to its exercise and to discuss the condition of women through film productions, according to a press release from the organizers.
This edition is held in a changing sociological environment that has a considerable impact on the work of women in cinema and on its image on screen, particularly with regard to violence, harassment, family protection, parity of civil rights and the protection of children and young people, notes the press release, adding that women filmmakers have highlighted these subjects in their recent films, proof of the dynamics of cinema in Morocco and its listening to the expectations of society.
The Festival thus aims to support the constitutional advances that civil society is trying to implement, with a view to overcoming certain realities that are the subject of a broad public debate, relating to women’s rights, equality and parity, underlines the same source.
“By raising these questions, we also support the proposals made by international films participating in the Festival, in order to exchange points of view and develop the Moroccan cinematographic experience,” notes the press release, indicating that Hungarian cinematography is in the spotlight for this 17th edition.
The program of this edition draws its richness from the multitude of cultural and artistic bridges that the Festival builds, says the same source, noting that the opening to new horizons allows the deepening of research on the cinematographic concerns of women and the valorization of their actions.
The Festival will also pay tribute to Egyptian actress Dalia El Beheri for her remarkable career in cinema and television, as well as to Moroccan actress Saâdia Ladib for her remarkable cinematographic career.
2024-09-23 15:39:51