Moroccan cinema to be unveiled at 8th Jagran Film Festival

New Delhi [India], Jun 22 : The 8th edition of Jagran Film Festival has invited the Kingdom of Morocco to be the Country Focus partner at the festival this year.

As part of this association, the festival is going to present a wide ranging bunch of ten Moroccan features in 16 cities of India.

Moroccan cinema has undergone tremendous change since 1956, from its early attention on documentary film and nation building to its more latest spotlight on contemporary culture and feature filmmaking.

The festival will feature films like 'Adios Carmen,' 'Androman,' 'Blood and Coal,' 'Dallas,' 'Pegasus,' 'Love in the Medina,' 'Sotto Voce,' 'The Narrow Frame of Midnight,' 'Horses of God,' 'Malak,' 'The Red Scarf,' 'Death For Sale' and 'The End.' India's BIG Travelling Film Festival, the Jagran Film Festival is preparing to transcend boundaries of India pegging reach of around million cinema fans, to build awareness and create cultural affinity in its 8th year of organisation.

The festival will begin on July 01, 2017 in Delhi's posh socio-cultural hub and centre, the Siri Fort Auditorium.

Over 130 screenings will be showcased that include a line-up of films from across the world. Some of the prominent sections of the festival are World Panorama, Indian Showcase, Jagran Shorts, Jagran Discovery, Country Focus and the Retrospective of films.

The 2017 edition of Jagran Film Festival will traverse from Delhi to the Indian hinterlands of Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Dehradun, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhopal, Indore, Hisar, Ludhiana, Meerut, Raipur, and culminate in Mumbai.

Source: ANI