Tetouan: Ten Films in Competition for the Thirty-First Mediterranean Film Festival

rom October 3 to 10, Tetouan reopens its Mediterranean Film Festival for a thirty-first edition, whose official selection has just been unveiled.

Ten feature films are competing, from Morocco, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Tunisia and Palestine among others. Morocco will be represented by Mira by Nour-Eddine Lakhmari and Cinq regards by Karim Debbagh.

The jury is chaired by Spanish actress Monica Lopez. Six “favorites,” among them Palestine 36 by Annemarie Jacir, and free open-air screenings on Feddan Square accompany the competition.

Six figures of Mediterranean cinema will be honored, among them Moroccan director Hicham Lasri, Syrian actress Sulafa Memar and Italian filmmaker Roberto Ando.

Born in 1985, the festival enters this edition under a new chair: its foundation elected former minister Charafat Afailal in April, while Ahmed Housni, the event’s historic figure, keeps the artistic direction.

Photo: Oumaima Achoua, CC BY-SA 4.0.