“Six Weeks” wins the Grand Prize of the International Women’s Film Festival in Salé

30 films were screened in this session of the “Women’s Film Festival in Salé”

The curtain has fallen on the 16th session of the international festival For the film Women in SaléOn Saturday evening, the Hungarian film “Six Weeks” by director Noemi Veronica Saccone was crowned with the Grand Prize for Best Feature Film.

During the closing ceremony of this annual demonstration, which seeks to highlight women’s creativity in… Film industryPrizes were distributed to the cinematic works won in the three official competitions of this session, which was organized by the Bouregreg Association from November 13 to 18, under the patronage of King Mohammed VI, in which 30 films were screened.

The same American film also won the award for best female role, shared with the film “Black Bird, Black Bird, Black Bird,” while the film “Love and Math” by director Claudia Saint Luce (Mexico) won the award for best male role, while the Moroccan film “The Divorces of Casablanca” won. Directed by Mohamed Ahed Bensouda, he received a “special mention” from the jury of this competition.

As for the documentary film category, the film “Seven Winters in Tehran” by director Stevie Niederzoll (France-Germany) won the documentary film award, with a “special mention” by the jury of this competition for the film “Koromosu – The Big Sister” by directors Habibata Warmi and Jim Donovan ( Canada). This session celebrated the most equal cinematic work in cinema, as it awarded the “The Other Bank” award to the Moroccan film “Hamida Al-Jayeh” directed by Mustafa Al-Derqawi.

As for the youth audience category, the Moroccan short film “Seventy Dragon” by Moroccan director Aya Moudin was won, while the film “Demerican Pumpkin” by director Hicham Regragui won the youth audience award for Moroccan feature film, while the film “Sika” by director Rabih El Gouhari received “special mention.” “By the competition jury.

On the occasion of the opening of the ceremony, Noureddine Lazraq, Chairman of the Salé Prefecture Council, said: “The International Women’s Film Festival in Salé is a bright station for the residents of the city, thanks to its hosting of film personalities of various nationalities, which gives an atmosphere of joy to the residents of the city who love the seventh art.” .

He added, “This demonstration is also a moment for discussion, communication, and cultural interaction through organizing a group of meetings and workshops that constitute an opportunity for many film activists, including critics and intellectuals, to exchange opinions and experiences with foreign cultural actors regarding developments in the world of the film industry.”

Festival Director Abdul Latif Al-Assadi said at the closing ceremony held at the Hollywood Cinema: “We bid farewell to this session after we have accumulated a lot of expertise and experiences, and achieved new gains and additions in order to support freedom of expression, cultural diversity, and the issue of parity in cinema.”

He added, “This year we hosted contemporary Mexican cinema, a cinema that constantly renews itself, in support of Mexican identity and freeing it from subjugation to the drowning of American culture.”

He continued, saying: “This session was known as its predecessors, but with the same double effect, consolidating and devoting the cultural dimension of our festival represented by the signing of books concerned with women’s cinema and aesthetic issues, and with special seminars, meetings and workshops to train young people and motivate them to take an interest in women’s issues and rights in general.”