Moroccan novelist and poet made honorary chairman of Geneva international oriental film festival

Benjelloun will also chair the jury of the international contest that will award gold and silver prizes.

The Moroccan novelist will also give a lecture in the University of Geneva on the festival's central theme: body representation in the Orient and in the Occident.

Over one hundred movies will be screened during the festival in Geneva and Versoix (Switzerland) as well as in France.