Film Festival in Zagora to feature desert films

2008-06-10

When the fifth Trans-Saharan Film Festival opens on June 12th in the southern Moroccan city of Zagora, it will have a special emphasis on desert and Sahara-themed films, MAP reported. Films from Spain, China, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Canada, Belgium and Hungary are among those to be screened at the festival. The three-day programme includes a symposium on the Moroccan desert in cinema and workshops for local high-school students.

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BENCHIHA Posted 2008-08-01

Hello, I would like to make a documentary film on the nuclear testing that took place in the Sahara in the late 1950s and is continuing to contaminate the region. Thank you, Larbi Benchiha 1, rue de Crozon 35670 Saint Gregoire France

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