Algerian filmmakers came out successfully at the Locarno‘s Open door co production Lab which was dedicated to the Maghreb region this year. The awards were handed out yesterday.

Narimane Mari’s Le Fort Des Fous won the The Open Door’s production grant which was worth $ 30,465. This film is being produced by Allers Retours Films. Corin Castell is co producing this movie in the banner of Centrale Electrique.

Karim Moussaoui’s debut feature En Attendant Les Hirondelles won the CNC’s grant worth $ 10,900. Philippe Martin and David Thion’s Les Films Pelléas is co producing this movie.

One of the most awaited grant this year was the newly created the newly created Prix MAD Solutions. This prize includes, financing of PR, mareting and press and publicity services for a film. This award was handed over to Yanis Koussim for his movie ‘Ruqya‘.

“We believe the Maghreb countries have rich ideas and content, which deserve a region-wide release across the Arab world”, said Alaa Karkouti, co founder and managing partner of MAD Solutions.

He also added that this year witnessed strong competition in the Open Door Section, and as a result, MAD Solutions gave away awards to two ventures. The second award went to Tunisian-French project L’Amour Des Hommes which is being directed by Mehdi Ben Attia.