Eleven films by Moroccan and foreign directors are competing in the official selection of the third edition of the Guelmim Documentary Film Festival, scheduled from 27 to 30 March, which returns this year under the theme "Documentary film, a lever for promoting human rights". According to a statement from the festival's management, organised by the South Centre for the Seventh Art, in addition to these films, which will be judged by a jury chaired by Bouchaib Massaoudi, who is also president of the jury for the Khouribga Documentary Film Festival, 11 other works will be screened out of competition, confirming its ambition to be a platform between the north and the south of the Kingdom. The programme for this edition, named after the artist and writer Bouchra Ijourk, includes two conferences on "Rights and freedoms in Moroccan film" and "The image of women in Moroccan cinema, between stereotypes and symbolic and aesthetic dimensions", which will be led by directors, journalists, professors and specialised researchers. According to the same source, this festival aims to provide a space to promote documentary film as a means of education and dialogue, to exchange experiences, share concerns, encourage the culture of image and sound, showcase the latest productions and pay tribute to professionals. This edition also includes the organisation of training workshops for young filmmakers on cinema professions, which will be supervised by professionals, and a debate on the impact of documentary film on the collective memory of peoples. According to the organisers, this event strives to enrich itself with other cultural activities in order to raise it to the same level as other national cinematic events that have already acquired an important place in the annual calendar of major festivals. For them, this edition will also highlight, through the documents to be screened, the rich cultural heritage of the Southern provinces, and the various aspects of the daily life of the population, its problems and its hopes, and will encourage and promote cinematic art in the Southern provinces by contributing to the cultural and artistic dynamic that these provinces are experiencing.