The 2nd Annual Moroccan Film Festival is gearing up to make a splash at New York’s TriBeca Cinemas this November 18th and 19th. Tickets are officially on sale at the box office so don’t miss your chance to attend the opening night gala and reception following the screening of Selma Bergach’s, La 5eme Corde.
The following day, choose from a variety of Moroccan films to see, such as Ali Zaoua, Mektoub, Shikhates Blues, or Amores Voilées.
This photograph, taken by Fes’s Omar Chennafi will be in the art auction that will take place opening night at the 2nd annual Moroccan Film Festival in New York.
Originally, the date of the festival, to be held at Tribeca Cinemas was slated for the end of the month however the event has been postponed and the new dates for the festival are November 18th and 19th. So save the date, and see you there!
Where: Les Enfants Terribles, 37 Canal Street, LES, New York When: Friday, August 19th, 2011, 7:30-9:30pm Price: $40 prix fix, proceeds go to fund the Moroccan Film Festival About: Come break the Ramadan fast and enjoy a traditional Moroccan iftour in New York- this meal comes complete with harira, tajine, couscous, shebekkia, dates, and more! b’Saha…
Georgette Benisty, born and raised in Casablanca, now calls Boston home. While her earlier work was based in the haute couture of fashion and dress making, in the last several years she has begun to make these stoically beautiful dolls, stitched together with broken cloth fragments, drawn from the colors, rhythms, architecture and antiquities of Morocco.
{as the curator of the Moroccan Film Festival’s art exhibit, I’ve been researching different Moroccan artists and those who make art about Morocco}
Casablanca-based artist Amina Agueznay was trained as an architect before she turned her skills to making art, specifically the jewelry you see featured in these photographs. “Taking it apart and putting it back together, construction-deconstruction became her work method, which led Agueznay to take inspiration from Berber tradition.”
{as the curator of the Moroccan Film Festival’s art exhibit, I’ve been researching different Moroccan artists and those who make art about Morocco}
The second Moroccan Film Festival is gearing up to make a splash at Tribeca Cinemas in October. Stay tuned via their Facebook page for more sneak preview information about the films that will be featured and the artists that will present their work on opening night during the festival’s Moroccan Red Carpet Gala.
High Atlas Foundation’s 2nd Annual Moroccan Film Festival
Coming soon to Tribeca Cinemas near you…
