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Film"Sand Grain" wins 12th edition of Fisahara award

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), May 3, 2015 (SPS) The film "sand Grain" by American director, Pamela Yates, was Chosen the best movie of the 12th edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara (Fisahara) for the prize of this edition (the white camel).

 

 The film "Equality" won the second award, while the third award went to the National Film School for short films made by Sahrawi students.

 

The award of honor, Eduardo Galeano, was granted to Mauritanian Director Abderrahmane Sissoko for his film "Timbuktu".

 

During the festival's closing ceremony, awards and appreciation certificates were distributed notably to Argentina activist Nora Morales, president of the organization of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. (SPS)

 

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