NYFAF at 10

We are excited to announce the 10th edition of the New York Forum of Amazigh Film (NYFAF) on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in the Little Theater. This year's theme is: 'NYFAF at 10: A Decade of Celebrating Amazigh Voices in Film.'

​​

​

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY:

10:30 AM - 12:45 PM: Competition for best short -

• AFGHAL, A Tale of The Man & The Land, Soukayna Essaidi, Documentary (11min), Morocco

• NYA (Imene Ayadi, Algerian, fiction, 16min) 

• ACHEWIQ, le chant des Femmes  Courage (Elina Kastler, Algerian, doc, 16min)

• COUSCOUS Fatima Zahra Taghlaoui, USA (15min)

 

1:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Tattooed (54min) + Workshop with Alia Benslimane and Dahlia El Sayed.
A documentary on the ancient practice and symbols of tattoos in Morocco, with discussion led by Professor Dahlia El Sayed (Humanities) and Tunisian Amazigh artist Aida Bensliman. Followed by a hands-on Amazigh tattoo symbolism workshop with Aida Bensliman open to all students (see flyer).

 

3:25 PM - 4:25PM: Renaissance Amazigh 2004 (18min) by Dounia Benjelloun.
A documentary on the successful resistance movement of Moroccan Amazigh poeple and celebration of our book: Amazigh Cinema: An Introduction to North African Indigenous Film (Eds. Lucy R McNair and Yahya Laayouni, University of Regina Press, 2025).

 

5:45 PM - 8:30 PM: (Y)Our Mother (1h36min) Samira Mouzghibati 2024, documentary.
Feature documentary screening of an intimate and powerful film by Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker Samira El Mouzghibati.

 

We encourage you to add this event to your syllabus and bring your classes. A student assignment will be provided.