25 mai 2008
HRH Crown Prince Moulay Rachid gives green light to MIFF 2008
Marrakech, May 9, 2008 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid, Founding President of Marrakech International Film Festival (MIFF) Foundation, effectively gave the green light to 8th MIFF, which will take place in Morocco from November 14th to 22nd, 2008.
This decision was adopted during the Assembly of the MIFF Foundation Board of Directors chaired by Crown Prince Moulay Rachid.
His Royal Highness’ goals are to reveal emerging filmmaking talents from around the world with the attention on works of feature films quality, which contribute to societal evolution of the motion picture as a significant art form of our century.
His Royal Highness is also looking to encourage an increase in cinema-going for international cinema through an wide range of new ground-breaking films.
With the aim to celebrate the cinema of the past, present and future, the festival will present a range of retrospectives, tributes and “carte blanche” to leading figures of cinema.
Crown Prince Moulay Rachid is a world-renowned and recognized for knowledge in a wide variety of fields, together with succeeding so effectively in bridging the cross-cultural gap through continuously providing the platforms for useful contacts between Moroccan and foreign people.
HRH Crown Prince Moulay Rachid links cross-cultural approach to Moroccan education
Marrakech, April 27, 2008 -- Widely regarded as the most successful program in Morocco, nurtured by the leadership of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid, kicked off the third year of the MEDA Films Development (MFD) seminar series, which are being held on April 27th – May 4th in Marrakech.
Crown Prince Moulay Rachid plays a significant role in reaching out to the global visibility and connectivity of Moroccan and regional professionals, emphasizing the need for new concepts in the education to meet demanding swift in the industry.
As a result, ten carefully selected film producer-scriptwriter teams participate in an eight-day programme, pitching and expanding on their projects in front of a panel of potential financers, TV broadcasters and industry acquisitions representatives.
The objective is to enable scriptwriter and producer teams to adopt a new approach to upstream conceiving, thinking and collaborating on feature-length films, aiming to promote synergies in the team, an essential element for the successful development of a film project.
As with the 2006 and 2007 programmes, the 2008 workshops will be conducted in French and English by tutors and international experts.
Financed by the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation and European Union within the framework of the Euromed Audiovisual programme, MEDA Films Development is an initiative of Ali n’ Productions (Morocco) in partnership with the Moroccan Cinema Centre, Nomadis Images (Tunisia), EAVE (Luxembourg) and the Centre National de la Cinématographie (France).
HRH Prince Moulay Rachid challenges journalists to tackle poverty and hunger issues
Rabat – Morocco, January 18, 2008 – To tackle the poverty and hunger challenges of the day, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid is joining forces to sponsor journalism competition the Harry Chapin Media Awards (HCMA).
His Royal Highness underlines that the biggest challenge facing global governance is to convergence all organizations and processes dealing with poverty issues together in the sense to see emanation of effective impact on the development.
Through the journalism competition which is funded by the Marrakech International Film Foundation and Euromed Audiovisual II Program by European Union (EU), His Royal Highness is working to foster networks to reduce poverty that can be efficient and permanent only if promotes the principles of economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially acceptable sustainable development.
Journalists who cover issues of hunger and economic poverty are invited to apply to the Harry Chapin Media Awards. Last day to apply is February 1, 2008.
The submitted work should cover issues such as economic inequality and insecurity, unemployment, homelessness, domestic empowerment, sustainable development, food production, agriculture, nutrition and the struggle for land, explained the organizers in a press release. Criteria for the Harry Chapin Media Awards Include: the impact of the work on its audience and on its awareness of the problem, the quality of the writing, visuals, and presentation, whether the work promotes the empowerment of people, whether the work is a new idea or an important restatement of the old, whether the work reaches a broad audience and/or reaches its targeted audience and/or whether the work is solution oriented and informative.
Awards will be cash prizes of US$1,000 - $2,500, and the competition is open to journalists working in various fields. The panel of judges for the Harry Chapin Media Awards consists of journalists, researchers, and experts in the fields of hunger and poverty. They will determine the distribution of prizes and their decisions will be final.
All entries for the 2008 HCMAs must have appeared in the media between January 1 2007 and December 31 2007 and international entries must be submitted in English. The fees for taking part in the competition are as follows: One Entry - US$25 Two Entries - US$40 Three to Five Entries - US$50.
Anyone may nominate a work, which they consider worthy of a media award. Just fill out the enclosed application sheet and WHY will solicit the appropriate publisher or broadcaster to enter the work. No entry fee is required. For more information and to apply click here http://www.comminit.com/es/node/266524/36.
HRH Prince Moulay Rachid calls for new modes of problem solving to tackle global hunger and economic poverty
Rabat – Morocco, January 17, 2008 – After two successful years of partnership between Marrakech International Film Foundation and Euromed Audiovisual II Program by European Union (EU), His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid as a President of Marrakech International Film Foundation and EU are joining forces once again to sponsor a new project, the Harry Chapin Media Awards (HCMA).
The Harry Chapin Media Awards, formerly the World Hunger Media Awards, were created in 1982 to encourage the media to "tell the story of hunger and poverty."
Journalists who cover subjects of hunger and economic poverty are encouraged to apply to the Harry Chapin Media Awards. Last day to apply is February 1, 2008.
The submitted work should cover issues such as economic inequality and insecurity, unemployment, homelessness, domestic empowerment, sustainable development, food production, agriculture, nutrition and the struggle for land, explained the organizers in a press release.
Awards will be cash prizes of US$1,000 - $2,500, and the competition is open to journalists working in various fields.
His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid is taking a leading role in forging an alliance of different groups as apart of His commitment to and leadership in combating hunger and under-nutrition, particularly among children, which places the millennium development goal for the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger at the center of His development strategy, that reflects His belief in values that uphold human dignity.
22 mai 2008
HRH Prince Moulay Rachid dispels the myth of the Clash of Civilizations
Marrakech – Morocco, January 24, 2008 -- "The clash of civilizations has no place in Marrakech, Morocco since public appreciates as much as Hollywood or Bollywood films as they do appreciate Moroccan films," reports German press while recalling the latest edition of Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco’s pioneer project of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid.
The Moroccan cinema is experiencing a real boom illustrated by the Marrakech International Film Festival (MIFF), "said German radio Deutschland Rundfunk.
The MIFF, whose 7th edition was held last December, has been able to meddle in its bright film programming, whilst welcoming film global and national stars, Radio highlights in an article on the occasion of the projection in German cinemas the feature film "What a wonderful world" directed by Moroccan Faouzi Bensaidi.
Prince Moulay Rachid, a President of MIFF Foundations, who has been focusing much of his programs on the need to bridge the North-South and East-West divide, has established the MIFF as a credible institution in the modern international film society, with the aims to promote and teach cross-cultural understanding through film as an ideal tool for trying to enhance cross-cultural understanding around the globe.
The festival offers a unique opportunity to view films that strengthen the rich diversity of cultural expressions, which allow viewers to become familiar with global harms and gain a healthier understanding of the means to address these problems.
Under Prince Moulay Rachid leadership, the MIFF Foundation works nationally and internationally to promote the values of tolerance, cross-cultural understanding, to bring individuals around the world together and celebrate the diverse traditions, and to unite and enrich through cinema.
Through positive, unique and peaceful cross-cultural message, Prince Moulay Rachid works toward mounting a global community built upon mutual respect and understanding.
HRH Prince Moulay Rachid urges international community to engage in a new global message of cross-cultural understanding and combat stereotypes, noting that in cross-cultural understanding, education plays a main role.