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Marrakech Winners: Palestinian Drama ‘Happy Holidays’ Wins Best Film

The Jury Prize was awarded ex aequo to Argentinian director Silvina Schnicer’s The Cottage and Somali and Austrian filmmaker Mo Harawe’s The Village Next to Paradise. Happy Holidays is a contemporary Haifa-set drama in which a minor car accident sets off a chain of events, unraveling lies and unspoken truths that sow division within a multifaceted patriarchal society. This year’s 21st edition of festival was attended by a record 40,000 spectators, including 7,500 children and teenagers as part of the Young Audiences and Families program.

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