Resistance and Liberation Film Festival Launched for the First Time in Tunisia

By Staff, U-News

Tunis City of Culture hosted, for the first time, the Resistance and Liberation Film Festival in the Tunisian capital, in the presence of local and foreign figures.

Director of the Cinema in Rissalat Association, Mohammad Khafaja, said on Monday at the launching ceremony "we insisted on holding the festival in Tunisia for its important location and because its people’s devotion for resistance and liberation."

For his part, Tunisian artist Lotfi Bouchnak, said "the resistance is not only in Lebanon, but is in all countries free from oppression and dependence, adding that Tunisia is the mother of the revolution."

The festival, organized by Rissalat and the Tunisian Film Library, will be held between 21 and 26 January and will include film screenings, seminars and panel discussions.

The festival is the first of its kind in Tunisia tackling subjects related to the resistance of Zionists and Takfiris.

Several films from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Algeria will be screened during the six-day festival.