Tétouan- The 21st Tetouan International Festival for Mediterranean Cinema (FICMT) opened, Saturday in Tétouan, with the participation of an array of filmmakers and movie actors from the Mediterranean region.
The opening ceremony of the fest, slated March 28-April 4, was marked by a tribute paid to one of the leading Moroccan theater figures, Touria Jabrane.
During this ceremony, attended mainly by Wali of Tangiers-Tétouan region, governor of Tangiers-Asilah prefecture Mohamed El Yaacoubi and director general of the Moroccan cinema center (CCM) Sarim Fassi-Fihri, a posthumous homage was paid to Arab and Egyptian movie star Fatine Hamama, Moroccan actor Mohamed Bastaoui, Egyptian Khalid Saleh and Italian Francesco Rosi.
The event was also marked by the presentation of the jury of short and feature films, documentaries and pedagogical movies.
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