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Moroccan audience discovers Russian cinema at inaugural festival in Rabat
via Le Matin2 min read
The first Russian Film Festival in Morocco is taking place at the Cinémathèque of the Moroccan Cinematographic Center CCM, offering Moroccan audiences a chance to explore the diversity of Russian cinema. Seven internationally recognized films are being screened to appeal to a wide range of viewers. Denis Novoselov, Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Morocco, highlighted the event as a significant milestone in Russian-Moroccan cultural relations. He expressed gratitude to Roskino, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, URAM, and Moroccan ministries for their contributions to organizing the festival, which aims to strengthen friendship between the two nations. Abdellilah Eljaouhary, President of URAM, emphasized Morocco's historical role as a land of peace, art, and culture. He noted the influence of Russian literary and cinematic figures like Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Sergei Eisenstein, and Andrei Tarkovsky on Moroccan generations. Eljaouhary expressed URAM's pride in co-organizing the festival with the Russian Embassy, affirming the association's commitment to promoting Moroccan national cinema and fostering international cinematic ties. The festival opened with Egor Mikhalkov-Kontchalovsky's feature film "Aviator," inspired by Evgeny Vodolazkin's novel, which explores themes of memory, time, death, human destiny, and the pursuit of the impossible. The program also includes six other films: "August
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