Rising Film Encounters is a platform committed to promoting the work of young filmmakers by showing their films, especially fiction, documentary and experimental, short and medium. The list of films selected by the organizing committee includes: “Sunder” by Issam El-Khazozy and Ayoub El-Baradei; “Ayur” by Zainab and Akrim, “Damma al-Siragneh” by Safaa Bendhiba, “Midf El-Layl” by Lina al-Iraqi; “The Nest” by Ayman El Hankoury; “The Boy Without a Name” by Ali bin Shaqroun; “Sperm” by Karim Souissi, “Broken Mirrors” by Othman Al-Saadouni, “The Lost Man” by Muhammad Al-Rashidi, “Dancing Weird” by Umniah Hanader; “Who Burns the Night” by Sarah Mousfar; “A Family in Exile” by Fatima Matos; “So We Live” by Rand Abu Fakher; “For the Light” by Youssef Ben Amara.
Reem Magdy, who supervises the meetings, told Al-Modon: This demonstration is to bring the emerging Arab cinema closer to the Moroccan audience, especially the youth, as well as linking and networking Arab filmmakers with each other to create opportunities for cooperation, exchange of experiences and training. This version returns following an absence caused by the Corona pandemic to find out regarding cinematic creativity in the Arab region during and following the pandemic.
In parallel with the film screenings, the Rising Film Encounters will organize a training workshop for young people interested in cinema and criticism, residing in Morocco, under the supervision of a number of respected specialists: Said El Mazouari from Morocco, and Monica Castillo and Scott Tafoia from the United States.
