The 20th edition of the International Cinema and Migration Festival will be held from November 11 to 16 in Agadir, with the world premiere screening of films produced during this year. In the running for the official competition, eight feature films and ten short films having as their theme the phenomenon of migration, indicated the association “Al Moubadara Attakafiya” in a press release, stressing that the festival celebrates the magic of cinema in all its splendor and promises its guests and its public a rich and varied program, including screenings of out-of-competition films, artistic and cultural meetings, thematic workshops and conferences on various themes.
The evaluation of the cinematographic works in competition is devolved to an international jury for feature films chaired by the Franco-Moroccan director, producer and writer Moumen Smihi, added the same source. The other members of the jury are the Moroccan-Canadian Houda Rihani, the Moroccan director, screenwriter and writer Saad Chraibi, the Tunisian producer and film industry expert Taoufiq Guiga, the Moroccan-Dutch director Chaouki El Oufir and the Moroccan director, professor and writer Abdellah Abou Aouad, it was specified.
