A. Latif Baraka: Heba Press
The activities of the Isni N’ourg International Amazigh Film Festival began last Wednesday until September 15 during their 15th session, organized by the city of Agadir at the Sahara Cinema Hall in the Talborjt district, organized by the Isni N’ourg International Association of the Amazigh Film Festival and in partnership with the City Hall of Agadir, Souss-Massa region. The Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture.
This session is characterized by the presentation of more than thirty films divided between Amazigh and international productions, and will compete in three categories: the Amazigh Film Competition, the International Competition, and the National Prize for Amazigh Culture, Amazigh Film Category. Thus, the festival. will be a beacon that will welcome creatives from around the world to Agadir, the capital of Amazigh culture, to celebrate the diversity of Moroccan culture.
The international competition, which the festival organizes every year, develops and broadens its horizons, is considered an element of great consideration and appreciation on the part of the organizing committee. Through it, the festival management has opened a window through which Amazigh cinema can interact, influence and be influenced by other cultures, and constitutes a cinematographic and cultural dialogue from which the festival and the public take the opportunity to discover… Cinematographic stories with diverse cultural horizons and dimensions, through different horizons and identities, are thus a window into a world that will inevitably inspire everyone.
The first day of the festival was marked by the presentation of the “Isni Norg Solidarity Award”, which was awarded this year to the artist “Hassan Badida”, in addition to the screening of the film “America as it is” by the director “Tatiana Foresi” and the short film “Akal Dovgan” by the director “Sakina Saidi”.
The Isni Nourg International Amazigh Film Festival remains a shining symbol of Amazigh culture and a privileged space where filmmakers, artists and film enthusiasts from all over the world meet.
