The Dakhla international film festival will take place from June 2 to June 8, and will pay tribute to three artists this year: Moroccan actress Asmaa Khamlichi, Angolan director Zeze Gamboa and the Egyptian actress Rania Farid Chaouki.
The event, held in Dakhla’s congress Palace, has two competitions announced so far, one for short movies and the other for long feature films.
Presiding the jury of the feature films jury is Freida Ekotto, a writer and critic from Cameroon.
Besides her, the jury is composed of four members,dirctor Maka Kotto from Quebec, actor Sylvestre Amoussou from Benin, the American producer and costume designer Dana Scholdelmayer and the Moroccan actor and director Sanaa Alaoui.
As for the short movies competition, its jury will be headed by the Moroccan journalist Bilal Marmid, egyptian writer and cinema critic Nahid Salah, Moroccan journalist Bekkar Dlimi, Mauritanian director Amal Saadbouh and Nadia Touijer, a Tunisian director.
The event creates a meeting point for African and Arab directors to share their expertise and watch various movies.
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