The kick-off of the 3rd "Cinema and Common Memory" Festival was given last Monday in Nador, under the theme "The Mediterranean in Question". Organised by the Centre for Common Memory for Democracy and Peace, this event, which continues until 10 May, has acquired a unique identity that distinguishes it from other cinematographic events in our country. It is not just about watching films, debating them, and undertaking cultural exchange, but also about putting in place the essential bridges for inter-Mediterranean dialogue. "Our objective," declares Abdessalam Bouteyeb, director of the Festival, "is to create a space for exchange and dialogue between Mediterranean actors of all stripes, whether they be political, economic, or civil." He adds: "Our real challenge is to succeed in making this dialogue-debate a hard core of common projects and shared visions of a Mediterranean where peace, democracy, and social justice reign, and which consolidates the dignity of the residents of both shores." For Abdessalam Seddiki, president of this event, the third edition of the International "Cinema and Common Memory" Festival comes to consecrate the experience to establish it as a tradition. "What was, a few years ago, only a simple dream," he says, "is now a palpable reality, a reality that intends to make the values of mixing, dialogue, and living together prevail." During the inaugural evening, tributes were paid to the Equity and Reconciliation Commission in the person of Salah El Ouadie, and to certain precursors of the democratic transition in the Mediterranean rim, namely the Spaniard the late Adolfo Suarez and the Portuguese Mario Suarez, as well as to other Moroccan and foreign artists who have shone through their immense talent and their abundant creativity, such as the actress Naima Lamcharki, the Mauritian philosopher, poet, and screenwriter Khal Torabully, and the painter Louisa Moussetach. The Festival programme continued, for the second day, with an international colloquium with the theme "The Mediterranean in Question". The violent popular uprisings that shook Mediterranean societies were analysed and commented on through a certain number of prisms, while giving a voice to the characters of these uprisings and opening new comparative approaches at the regional and global scale. The said colloquium was articulated around four main axes: "Revolts of yesterday and today: permanences, ruptures, and mutations", "Mapping revolts in the Mediterranean: where, how, and why?", "Three years later: time for assessments", and "Mediterranean revolts seen from elsewhere". Furthermore, this second day saw the launch of a series of training workshops in cinema professions (directing, screenwriting, acting) for the benefit of young enthusiasts of the 7th art. The latter will receive training certificates at the end of the internship. It should be remembered that the Moroccan writer Mohamed Achâari chairs the jury for the official feature film competition, while the competition reserved for documentary films is chaired by the Franco-Mauritian philosopher Khal Torabully. The scientific committee is, for its part, chaired by the Moroccan historian Moussaoui Ajlaoui.