The Umbra Festival turned from a highly anticipated music event into a full-blown dispute between organizers and attendees after the sudden announcement of its «postponement» on the very evening it was scheduled to take place. Tickets continued to be sold until the last moment, triggering widespread anger and raising the prospect of legal action over the financial and emotional losses suffered by affected festivalgoers.
The Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM 2025) unveiled the winners of its 22nd edition this Saturday evening, celebrating diverse and innovative cinema. Tunisian director Erige Sehiri was doubly honored, receiving the Golden Star after nine days that attracted over 47,000 spectators.
As part of the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival (held from November 28 to December 6), the eighth edition of the Atlas Workshops wrapped up this Thursday with eight of the 28 selected projects receiving awards, totaling nearly 1.2 million MAD in funding. While this industry support will help many feature films move forward, the synergy fostered by the initiative remains one of the key drivers of emerging talent’s success.
In an era where tools like AI are said to «colonize our minds», as Canadian filmmaker Céline Song put it, young talents are pushing the boundaries of creativity and bringing forward fresh, inventive visions. Through their films, they are shaping the new expressions of global cinema, according to the jury members of the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM 2025).
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