Italian movie grabs grand prize at Tetouan mediterranean festival

Italian movie Ponte Milvio (Milvio Bridge) has grabbed the grand prize of the Mediterranean cinema festival of Tetouan which wound up in this Moroccan northern city on Saturday.

In the category of short movies the Grand prize distinction went to "Hop, Skip and Jump" by Slovenia's Srdjan Vultie.

The festival handed out other distinctions, mainly the Mohamed Reggab prize- named after one of the first Moroccan directors, a prize by the Moroccan 2nd TV channel, the best movie, sponsored by a Moroccan paper, the best cinema critic and the press prize.

The event was sponsored by the city's motion picture association friends, and the culture and communication ministry.