HIBAPRESS – Ahmed Al-Musaed
The International Maghrebi Film Festival in Oujda revealed the details of its fourteenth edition, which will take place between September 29 and October 4, 2025, at the Mohammed VI Theater in Oujda, with the participation of 18 films competing for the festival's awards, including short films and feature films.
The Mohammed VI Theater in Oujda and the higher schools of Mohammed I University will transform, for six consecutive days, into a meeting place for the exchange of visions and the circulation of images and ideas, where Maghrebi and international narrative films and cinematic films meet, celebrating diversity, difference, and tolerance, amidst a rich program that embraces the true concept of cinema, under the slogan "From the cinema screen, bridges are built and issues are narrated".
The official competition includes 18 short and long films from Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Senegal, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Canada.
Among the short films we find: "Breastfeeding Brothers" by Moroccan director Kenza Tazi, "On the Edge" by Syrian director Rasha Malham, "The Last Message" by Egyptian director Saif Al-Madbouli, "The Cemetery of Angels" by Tunisian Shukri Rouha, "Ascension" by Libyan director Osama Razek, "Upshot" by Palestinian director Maha Haj, "The Devil and Angels' Game" by Mohamed Amin Lakhmiri from Tunisia, and "Casting" by Laila Mesbahi from Morocco.
The jury is composed of Moroccan director and producer Mohamed Bouzko as president, and the membership of Tunisian director, writer and researcher Sonia Chamkhi, Jordanian academic and filmmaker Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Al-Faleh, and Kazakh actress Samal Yeslyamova as members.
As for the feature films, the competition includes "Wind Tattoo" by Moroccan director Laila Triki, "Above the Shrine" by Algerian director Karim Bensalah, "Aisha" by Tunisian director Mehdi Barsaoui, "Samia" by German-Turkish director Yasemin Samdereli, "Demba" by director Mamadou Dia from Senegal, "Day" by director Karim El-Shenawy from Egypt, and "Fan Von" by Emmanuel Courcol from France, in addition to films outside the official competition aimed at children and others for the general public.
The official jury is composed of: Moroccan academic Omar Halil as president, and Beninese actress Maimouna N'Daiye, American professor and media personality Florence Martin, French producer Annabelle Thomas, and French actor Olivier Loustau as members.
