# Translation The director of the film 'La vie après Siham', successfully presented at Cannes and Seville, arrives as one of the favorites at the Tarifa African Film Festival. The African Film Festival kicks off with "new African mysticism" and with Cayetana Guillén Cuervo as ambassador. After successfully presenting his latest film, La vie après Siham, at Cannes and Seville, 52-year-old filmmaker Namir Abdel Messeeh arrives at the Tarifa African Film Festival, where he feels at home from the first minute.