13th edition of the Noisy-le-Sec Franco-Arab Film Festival from November 15 to 30. A Moroccan film opening at the Cinema le Trianon
The Noisy-le-Sec Franco-Arab Film Festival – but whose screenings take place at the intercommunal cinema Le Trianon in Romainville – returns for a 13th edition from November 15 to 30, 2024.
On the program for this new edition, a selection of around thirty feature-length fiction films and documentaries, including many new films, but also short films. Most of these films are presented by their teams at the Le Trianon cinema.
A 13th edition and a new format with two weeks of off-site offerings. Two themes are at the heart of this new edition: programming on Palestine and a focus on Gaza. Another theme devoted to exile and migration will also be addressed through screenings and debates.
For this 2024 edition, the festival offers off-site programming from November 15 to 30 in the cinemas of the Est Ensemble network (93) and in different cultural venues in Noisy-le-Sec and at the Institut des cultures d’ Islam. And a five-day highlight from November 20 to 24 at the Cinéma le Trianon.
The famous filmmaker Costa Gavras, faithful patron of the festival, will be present in his always role, a poetic and romantic spokesperson for cinema.
A Moroccan film previewing the Festival
The opening evening of the festival will take place at the Cinéma Le Trianon, Wednesday November 20, with a preview The Sea in the Distanceof Saïd Hamich Benlarbi.
A co-production between Morocco, France and Belgium. Saïd Hamich Benlarbi was born in 1986 in Fez, he is a Moroccan screenwriter, director and producer. He graduated from the production section of Fémis and worked in particular with Nabil Ayouch and Faouzi Bensaidi. The feature film La Mer au Loin was selected for Critics’ Week at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
The programming of the Franco-Arab film festival also includes retrospectives, previews and many other events in the presence of international guests, filmmakers from Arab or related countries, who highlight Franco-Arab cinematographic creation. contemporary Arabic.
Other key dates to remember in the program of the Franco-Arab Film Festival are November 27, 28 and 29 at the Institute of Islamic Cultures. In resonance with the general programming and the focus dedicated to Gaza, 3 films on the theme of migration will be screened, followed by a discussion between the film teams and the public.
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