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Beaten hard by French
security guards at FIFM, Moroccan journalists, under the severe cold climate of
the outside, protest with disgust about xenophobia in their own country.
Neither Moroccan journalists nor artists are wanted to be seen in Marrakech;
states an independent news maker; for Moroccan journalists to cover up daily
news of this event called International film festival in Marrakech and for
Moroccan artists just to show off and be proud like their international colleagues.
Being cinema-goer, I joyfully
phone friends since Rabat
From this context,
sometimes we have that feeling we are watching an expensive carnival as Hassan
benchalikha states. Too may critics have different views about the benefits and fruits that might gain
Moroccan cinema to embrace Marrakech each year for its organization of this
genre "A' Festival especially
expensive stars of seventh art from different countries come to our red city where they find luxury bungalows and luxury
hotels .Some ask where money goes without
return of tangible national cinema, while others think that the Film Festival
of Marrakech open opportunities to
tourists in order to invest in Morocco.
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It is obvious that this
festival allows cinema-goers to meet international producers, actors and film
makers especially we have succeeded to seduce Bollyood to shoot its movies in
Morocco (see my article on Morocco Bound To Hindi Cinema) .Now, we are happy
that Moroccan cinema is strongly participating with two remarkable directors,
the first one is Nabil Ayouch " Ya Khill Allah" and the second is
Nour-eddine Lakhmari 'Zero". We really hope that FIFM promotes Moroccan
cinema and that "film activity is real and not propaganda," that
"the advancement of the CCM project should be the purpose and means to
accomplish common productions, and build closer cooperation with other
festivals, and exchange views at the global level.
