The eleventh session of the International Film Festival in Algeria kicked off at the Ibn Zaidoun Hall in Algiers, with the participation of 60 films; This was after a two-year absence due to the Corona pandemic.
The opening ceremony included the presentation by the jury of the three competitions for the feature film, the feature documentary and the short film, followed by an impromptu speech by the festival director, Zahira Yahya.
The film “The Stranger”, written and directed by Amir Fakhr El-Din, which takes place in a village in the Golan Heights, was scheduled to be shown at the opening, but due to a technical problem, its screening was postponed to December 7.
The Minister of Culture and Arts, Souria Moulouji, said at the opening: The festival in this session “will enable the people of the seventh art and the Algerian public to see creative experiences from various schools and artistic disciplines, especially those works that are committed to just human causes and advocating for peoples against all forms of abuse and injustice.”
The festival celebrates the 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence by presenting a group of works revolving around revolution and resistance.