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HIBAPRESS-RABAT-MJCC
The Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid proceeded, in Rabat, to the installation of the members of the Commission of the Production Aid Fund of Cinematographic Works, in the presence of the Secretary General of the Communication Department and Acting Director of the Moroccan Cinematographic Center (CCM), Abdelaziz Boujdaini.
Chaired by Amine Nassour, the Commission is among its members, Bissane Khairat, Karim Douichi, Bouchra Mazih, Mohamed Essaoudi, Fouad Challa, Wijdane Khalid, Sidi Mohamed El Idrissi, as well as Chanaz El Akrichi, representative of the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication -Department of Communication – Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication – Department of Culture – and Khadija Feddi, CCM representative.
According to the same source, this meeting was an opportunity for Mr. Bensaid to review the efforts made by his department, in collaboration with the CCM, in order to promote and develop the national film industry to be in tune with aspirations.
According to a participatory approach associating professional organizations in the film industry and the various stakeholders in the sector, the implementation of the provisions of law n ° 18.23 relating to the film industry and reorganizing the CCM, which will enter into force on October 1, as well as to the strengthening of the presence of Moroccan cinema abroad, in order to explore new opportunities for funding and the international scale.
The challenge is to give body to a new vision based on the encouragement of national investment and on the opening to foreign expertise in the matter, both in terms of professional practice and support for co -production, national or international, while ensuring to guarantee a favorable climate of work for Moroccan and foreign technicians.
The objective, has chained Mr. Bensaid, is to establish an autonomous economic model capable of generating employment opportunities and contributing to the socioeconomic development of the kingdom.
Furthermore, the Minister stressed that the purpose of setting up the public support system is to improve the quality of national production and international influence mechanisms of Moroccan cinema, within the framework of the valuation of culture, civilization and Moroccan identity, rich in its multiple tributaries, in addition to opening up to new markets for the distribution of Moroccan film, especially in Asia and in the countries where Moroccan.
In this regard, he wanted to thank the president and the members of the committee for having agreed to assume this responsibility and to engage in the site of the promotion of Moroccan cinema.
