The city of Laayoune is hosting, December 19 to 22, the fifth documentary film festival on Sahrawi Hassani culture, history and space. This outstanding four-day cinematographic meeting aims to encourage documentary films and cinematographic productions in Morocco’s southern provinces. The festival also aims to promote and publicize documentary productions dealing with the various components of the Hassani cultural heritage, as an essential component of Moroccan national identity. It also provides a platform of exchange to cinema professionals in the southern provinces and a podium to highlight the Hassani civilization, culture and history, which are part of the Moroccan plural identity. The jury President Mohamed Laâroussi will be accompanied by human rights activist Zoubida Sellami; Hassani journalist and cultural researcher Erraâboub Bahay; journalist and film festival director Charaf Eddine Zine El Abidine; and director, scriptwriter and producer El Mahjoub Doua.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 17, 2019 15:33 UTC