Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
To the tunes of music and oriental dance, and after the screening of the Moroccan film “High and Strong” by director Nabil Ayouch at the closing ceremony of the Southern Film Festival in Brussels on Friday evening, the festival awards were announced, and the film “Great” by Tunisian director Anis Aswad won the public award for the best film, and the film continues to win awards. From the various festivals in which it was shown.
While the short films prize were won by the film "Estelle" by Ramata Toulai Si and its events in Senegal, and the film "Jammers" by director Sami Seydali and its events on one of the beaches of Mohammedia in Morocco.
The festival was launched last Tuesday evening in the Belgian capital, in the presence of a large audience, with the participation of a number of Arab and European artists, along with prominent diplomatic, political and media figures. And "The Biography of Love", and then a short film was shown that included parts of the works of the Moroccan artist Latifa Ahrar, who was honored for all her artistic works.
 After that, other films of co-production from Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Senegal, Belgium, France, Germany, the United States, Greece, the Netherlands and others were shown.
 All of these events came under one title, which is "Women," according to what Rashida Shaibani, director of the festival, said in statements to "Europe and the Arabs."

 She added that this year's edition of the festival was dedicated to women, as the festival celebrated this year's women's cinema to highlight and empower them in the film industry, which is still dominated by the male component. Rich creations besides their peculiarities and their own beauty. Among the activities was a round table symposium on "The place occupied by women in cinema or women's cinema."

Most of the films shown were women-themed, and many of them were directed by women. The festival also featured an art exhibition by the two artists, Piroska Vesnyi and Amina Bogdain.
In its past ten sessions, the festival succeeded in achieving the optimal goal, which is to link the members of the Arab communities residing in Europe with the nation of nations through artistic and cultural activities, while at the same time shedding light on the issues that the southern Mediterranean countries suffer from. Each party has the other, and the festival has become followed by Europeans and Arabs and has a place on the map of art festivals.