Opening ceremony of the 16th edition of the FCAK

The 16th Khouribga African Film Festival (FCAK), organised from 22 June to 29 July, paid a posthumous tribute on Saturday to the late Mohamed Dahane, a great national figure of film criticism and university professor of sociology who played an important role within the National Federation of Film Clubs.Mohamed Dahane passed away in Tangier on 19 February 2013 following a heart attack at the age of 62. Known as a true film militant, known and recognised by the generations of the 70s and 80s, he rubbed shoulders with the world of cinema as a "sworn" critic whose analyses have been appreciated by cinephiles for decades.During the opening ceremony of the FCAK, the former president of Moroccan film clubs, Ait Omar El Mokhtar, delivered a poignant testimony: "I have never been as afraid as I am now to speak about Mohamed Dahane who was present here, last year, as president of the jury; today,…