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Culture 22 Nov 2014 2 min read

Rabat at the time of the European Film Weeks

Rabat at the time of the European Film Weeks
The 23rd edition of the European Film Weeks opened on Wednesday in Rabat with the screening of the Irish short film "Jimmy's Hall", the final point of an exceptional cinematic career spanning more than five decades, and the Moroccan short film "Leur nuit" by Moroccan director Narrimane Yamna Faqir."Jimmy's Hall" is a beautiful social tale that vigorously denounces stupidity and intolerance in a village in the north of Ireland in the 1930s. It stars Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, and Andrew Scott."Leur nuit" is centred on a night watchwoman in a car park who evokes the mysterious disappearance of her daughter.Speaking on this occasion, the European Union ambassador to Morocco, Rupert Joy, noted that most cinemas in Morocco are now digitised, which allows this event to continue to live in several cities, adding that the city of Casablanca will once again be a new destination for the European F…

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