Rabat – French Moroccan film maker Kamal Hachkar will be awarded the 2015 Pomegranate Award for Artistic Achievement in acknowledgment for his achievements in the arts and film.
The director of “Tinghir-Jerusalem: Echoes from Mellah” will be honored during the 18th annual NY Sephardi Film Festival to be held from March 12-19, 2015 at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan. According to the organizers, the festival provides viewers with an understanding of the rich mosaic culture of Jews from the Middle East and greater Sephardic Diaspora.
“Tinghir-Jerusalem: Echoes from Mellah” will also be screened this month in several American and Canadian cities.
The documentary which explores the Jewish quarter (Mellah) in the director’s village in Tinghir, eastern Morocco, and how it was once home to a substantial Jewish population, will be screened in Princeton, New Jersey on March 11, Long Island City, New York on March 12-13 and in Toronto, Canada on March 29. Other projections are expected to take place at the University of Delaware near Washington, Columbia, Quebec and Montreal.
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