Khaba Press
Last night, Monday, the activities of the seventeenth session of the International Women’s Film Festival began in Salé.
The opening ceremony of the festival, organized by the Bouregreg Association under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, brought together many film stars and personalities from the world of art, culture and the media.
In this regard, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, confirmed that Moroccan cinema is experiencing tangible development at all levels, particularly through a number of projects and achievements that are embodied in the volume and quality of film production in Morocco, which reaches around 30 works per year thanks to… Support the Moroccan Film Center.
In a speech read on his behalf, Bensaid stressed that Moroccan films now occupy first place at the box office and are distinguished by a notable presence in renowned international festivals, welcoming the participation of Moroccan female creators in the field of cinema and their distinguished presence in various official national and international competitions.
The minister also highlighted the distinguished place of women in the field of the film industry, as well as their presence in the different processes and stages of film production, noting that the Moroccan film industry currently has more than 80 female directors and 45 assistant directors, in addition to three female cinema operators and eight female film distributors.
