"Statuette de sable" wins the best screenplay prize in Sidi Slimane

The short film "Statuette de sable" won, this weekend, the prize for best screenplay, during the National Short Film Festival of Sidi Slimane. This is the first participation in an official competition for this short film, the screenplay of which was written by Houcine Chani. The film was well received by the jury chaired by the director Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi and composed notably of the Tunisian director Mohamed Rezzan, the Algerian director Mina Kessar, and the Moroccan critic Ahmed Sijilmassi.Produced in 2012 at the initiative of the Zagora International Trans-Saharan Film Festival, this short film (15mn) was shot entirely in the oases of the Draa Valley, in the south-east of the country.Directed by Aziz Khouadir, this film tells the story of a young man who returns to his native village, after his failure in his medical studies in Europe. The happy reunion between Said and Zineb a…