At the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival, which closed on November 9, 2023, the Best Screenplay prize was awarded to Karim Bensalah and Jamal Belmahi (Labmed advisor for several years) for their film, Six Pieds sur terre. Produced by Oualid Baha (Tact Production), distributed by Jour2Fête, this 2015 LabMed award-winning film will be released in cinemas in June 2024.
Jamal Belmahi was born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and an Austrian mother. A screenwriter for more than a decade, he has written several TV formats and also two film projects (Les Chevaux de Dieu, dir. Nabil Ayouch, Adieu l'Afrique Director: Pierre-Alain Meier). He is currently developing several projects, including Idir Serghine's first feature film.
He is a consultant on several series in Morocco and Algeria, a member of the CNC commission for the financial contribution for short films and one of the founding members of a French association of professional screenwriters: the SCA (Scénaristes de Cinéma Associés).
A graduate of London Film Scool, Karim Bensalah has directed several films, including Les Heures blanches, Chantier(s), Le secret de Fatima, to name a few. Director, screenwriter and actor, Karim Bensalah has received numerous awards for his films around the world (Sundance, Vaux en Velin, Festival de l'Outaouais, FESPACO, Dijon, Le Havre...). His short films have been broadcast on Arte and France 2.Also an actor in the theater, Karim has been working for over 10 years in image education projects throughout France in schools and associations.
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