Twenty-four short films in the running

The Maghreb Film Festival, organised by the Ciné-Maghreb Association, returns in its fourth edition, from 7 to 11 April at the Mohammed VI Theatre in Oujda, on the theme of "Maghreb cinema between culture and development prospects". This edition will be dedicated to the memory of the academic and film critic the late Mohamed Dahane.Twenty-four short films from the five countries of the Arab Maghreb will be in the running for the festival's Prizes, judged by a Maghreb commission made up of professionals from the sector, notably Lahcen Zinoun, as president of the jury, surrounded by the Algerian director Ahmed Rachedi, the Libyan researcher Salaheddin Ghuweder, the Mauritanian writer Mohamed H’dhana, and the Tunisian actress Rabia Ben Abdallah."While remaining faithful to its vocation of promoting the diversity of Maghreb cinema, the festival has other aspirations for a better future. We…