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Closing of the 5th
International Film Festival
Of Schools in Tetouan
Nada Lmisri.
The 5th edition of the International Festival of Cinema Schools of Tetouan (FIDEC), organized by the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences (Abdelmalek Essaadi University - Tetouan) and the Bidayyat Association in partnership with Moroccan and foreign organizations and institutions is closed Saturday, November 30, 2019 at the Spanish Theater of Tetouan.
FIDEC has had considerable success and remarkable success. During the six days, a passionate audience of the seventh art (filmmakers, writers, artists, teachers, actors, students, students, film critics, journalists, researchers, ...), attended massively the various activities of the festival: projection of dozens of films made by young creators from around the world and masterpieces by the pioneers of modern Moroccan cinema, special screenings for schoolchildren, training for Moroccan teachers, master class, tributes, professional meetings, ...
The closing of the Festival was marked by a vibrant tribute to the Professor and visual artist Bouabid Bouzid and the screening of the film '' Mejor '', awarded in 2012 at the International Film Festival of Marrakech, by Tarik Liahemdi (laureate of the Filière Etudes Cinématographiques de the Faculty of Humanities and Letters of Tetouan).
Of the 3200 films submitted, 75 films were selected in international competition by the selection committee.
- Grand Prix: '' The Shephed '' by BrwaVahabpour;
- Special Mention: '' Cross film '' by Konstantinos Stathis;
- Prize for Best Fiction: '' Theculture '' by Ernst De Geer;
- Jury Prize: '' Hernamewas '' by Helena Dalemans;
- Human Rights Prize: '' Zoujbghal '' by HoudaRahmani;
- Animation prize: '' Inanimate '' by Lucia Bulgheroni;
- Public Prize - International Competition: '' Ghita '' from Loubna Briac;
- Kids' Prize: '' Fish for life '' by Kerstin Blätterbinder, Lisa Gierlinger, Lukas Mathä and Victoria Wolfersberger;
- Young Jury Prize: '' The last trophy '' by Mario TurkhyFunes;
- Best Documentary Award: '' Not for Real '' by Mona Maire.
The closing of this edition was also marked by the celebration of 10 years of training and film studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Tetouan. This is the result of the praiseworthy efforts of Professor Hamid Aïdouni, Festival Director and President of the Bidayyat Association, who has the merit of integrating research, training and film creation into this faculty since 1987, with few means but a lot of willpower, ambition and dedication. He created in 2009 a Professional License in Cinematographic Studies, a Specialized Master in Documentary Cinema and Doctoral Training in Arts and Cinematographic, Audiovisual and Scenic Studies. He recently founded an international university film and visual arts magazine '' Mirage ''. According to its founder, this scientific project is another step towards consolidating this building with the three pillars of "Research / Training / Creation" whose construction began 32 years ago.
FIDEC asserts itself as a reference in the Arab and African world and is now positioned thanks to the rigor of its selection and the quality of its organization, in just five years of existence, as an international rendezvous.
