Agadir: The Moroccan city of Agadir will host the 21st edition of the International Festival of Cinema and Migration from December 8 to 13, 2025.
According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, citing a statement from the festival’s organizing committee, this year’s edition is organized by the ‘Initiative Culturelle’ Association in partnership with several local stakeholders interested in migration issues and the film industry. The festival will feature eight feature films and eight short films in official competition. All selected films revolve around the theme of migration and represent, alongside Morocco, around twenty countries from different continents. Most of them will have their world pre-premieres at the festival.
The international jury for the feature film competition will be chaired by Moroccan writer and diplomat Abdelkader Chaoui. It will also include Angolan filmmaker and screenwriter Dom Pedro, Moroccan journalist Younes Moujahid, Malagasy filmmaker and producer Ma«va Ranaivojaona, and Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter Sergio Tr©faut.
The organizers have also established a new award this year in honor of Beninese filmmaker and critic Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (1925-1987). The award will be granted by a jury composed of film critics, chaired by Mohamed Chouika, with Ahmed Sijilmassi and Abdelkrim Wakrim as members.
As for the official short film competition, its jury will be chaired by Angolan filmmaker Boxe Pascual, joined by two members: Amina Bencheikh, a journalist and Amazigh activist, and El Houssein Echabi, a theatre artist and journalist.