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International Women's Film Festival In Salé
The International Women's Film Festival of Salé (Arabic: المهرجان الدولي لفيلم المرأة بسلا) or FIFFS, is a film festival held in Salé, Morocco. Organized by the Bouregreg Association under the patronage of King Mohammed VI with the aim of promoting women's cinema and highlighting women in cinema, the festival was created in 2004 and was followed by a second edition in 2006. It has been an annual event since 2009 (with the exception of 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic). At the first edition, the jury was made entirely of women and was presided over by Moroccan filmmaker Narjiss Nejjar Narjiss Nejjar (born 1971) is a Moroccan filmmaker and screenwriter. Her film ''Les Yeux Secs'' (''Cry No More'') was screened at Cannes in 2003. Early life and career Nejjar was a student at ESRA in Paris, where she studied filmmaking. In 199 .... See also * International Women's Film Festival (other) References {{Reflist Salé Film festivals in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arabs, Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as First language, mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salé
Salé ( ar, سلا, salā, ; ber, ⵙⵍⴰ, sla) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town. Founded in about 1030 by the Banu Ifran, it later became a haven for pirates in the 17th century as an independent republic before being incorporated into Alaouite Morocco. The city's name is sometimes transliterated as Salli or Sallee. The National Route 6 connects it to Fez and Meknes in the east and the N1 to Kénitra in the north-east. It recorded a population of 890,403 in the 2014 Moroccan census. History The Phoenicians established a settlement called Sala, later the site of a Roman colony, Sala Colonia, on the south side of the Bou Regreg estuary. It is sometimes confused with Salé, on the opposite north bank. Salé was founded in about 1030 by Arabic-speaking Berbers who apparently cultivated the legend that the name was derived from that of Salah, son of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed VI Of Morocco
Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس; born 21 August 1963) is the King of Morocco. He belongs to the 'Alawi dynasty and acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II. Upon ascending to the throne, Mohammed initially introduced a number of reforms and changed the family code, ''Mudawana'', granting women more power. Leaked diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks in 2010 led to allegations of corruption in the court of Mohammed, implicating him and his closest advisors. Widespread disturbances in 2011, a Moroccan element of the Arab Spring, protested against corruption and urged political reform. In response, Mohammed put into effect a program of reforms and introduced a new constitution. These reforms were passed by a public referendum on 1 July 2011. Mohammed has vast business holdings across several economic sectors in Morocco. His net worth has been estimated at between and over US$8.2 billion, and, according to the American business magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narjiss Nejjar
Narjiss Nejjar (born 1971) is a Moroccan filmmaker and screenwriter. Her film ''Les Yeux Secs'' (''Cry No More'') was screened at Cannes in 2003. Early life and career Nejjar was a student at ESRA in Paris, where she studied filmmaking. In 1994, she directed her first documentary ''L’exigence de la Dignite''. She has worked on documentaries as well as fiction films; her best known feature film, ''Les Yeux Secs'' initially started as a documentary about the women of Tizi but the women declined to be filmed. The film was screened at the 2003 Cannes film festival and the 4th International Festival of Rabat Film where she received the grand prize. She is also the author of the novel ''Cahier d'empreintes''; released in 1999. Nejjar is the daughter to the novelist Noufissa Sbai; Sbai was the producer on ''Les Yeux Secs''. Selected filmography *''L’exigence de la Dignite'' (1994) *''Khaddouj, Memoire de Targha'' (1996) *''Les Salines'' (1998) *''Le septième ciel'' (2001) *''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Women's Film Festival (other)
International Women's Film Festival may refer to: * Aswan International Women’s Film Festival, Egypt * Barcelona International Women's Film Festival, Spain *Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon *Cairo International Women's Film Festival, Egypt *International Women's Film Festival (Australia), a 1975 film festival in multiple capital cities *International Women's Film Festival in Salé, Morocco * International Women's Film Festival in Rehovot, Israel *Mumbai Women's International Film Festival, India * Seoul International Women's Film Festival, Korea * St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, Canada See also *List of women's film festivals Women's film festivals are film events geared to promote women in the film industry. Women’s film festivals began due to the lack of female voice within the film industry. To combat this hindrance, their own film festival was designed. Most women ... * Women's film festival {{DAB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
