Morocco participates in 39th Cairo film festival

Cairo Nov 22 (IANS/MAP) Morocco has participated in the 39th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival that has opened with 175 films from 53 countries.

The festival kicked off on Tuesday and the competition section includes 15 films. The jury comprises Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmy (President) Palestinian and Chinese filmmakers Hany Abu-Assad and Jack Lee Syrian actress Kinda Alloush and French star Fabienne Babe.

Among the 15 films are: "Fortunata" by Italian director Sergio Castellito "Une saison en France" by Chadian filmmaker Mahamat Saleh Haroun "Insyriated" by Belgium s Philippe Van Leeuw "Redu" by Indian filmmaker Sagar Vanjari "Los Perros" by Chilean Marcela Said "Pomegranate Orchard" by Azerbaijani Ilgar Najaf "Tunis By Night" by Tunisian Elyes Baccar "Nina" by Slovak Juraj Lehotsky and "The Seeds of Violence" by Korean Lim Tae-Gue.

Egyptian cinema doesn t figure in the competition section.

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