‘Euronews Culture’ describes one of the most important festivals in the Maghreb. This week-long competition is attracting more and more attention beyond Morocco’s borders.
Marrakesh International Film Festival has always attracted the attention of actors and filmmakers from all over the world, but now In its 21st editionThe Moroccan film festival is entering a new period of maturity.
Up to 70 feature films from 32 countries They will be displayed for movie enthusiasts to enjoy. Several of the major Oscar nominees will be featured, but unlike other major competitions of its kind; Venetian, Cannes o Toronto, Marrakech undeniably gives more importance Emerging talents from the Middle East and Africafilmmakers are working at full speed.
Luca Guadagnino, Italian-Algerian directorqueer‘, presides over the jury that will award the Golden Star for best film, as well as other prestigious awards such as best director and best male and female performance.
rivalry He has 14 first operas or second films. The nine-member jury included actors Virginie Efira, Patricia Arquette, Jacob Elordi and Andrew Garfieldand Ali Abbasi, Iranian-Danish director of ‘The Apprentice’.
‘Beyond the Sea’ is among the films participating in the competition. Hamich said‘Under the Volcano’, which is about a young Moroccan’s migration to Marseille, Damian Kocur is a Polish Oscar nominee for best international feature film.
critical speeches
The list of actors and directors who will participate in this year’s conversation and tribute is as follows: Sean Penn, Alfonso Cuaron you David Cronenberg. Remi Bonhomme, the festival’s artistic director, believes what makes Marrakech unique is its ability to attract talent on par with the world’s biggest festivals, while highlighting emerging directors from Morocco, the Middle East and Africa.
“We attach great importance to countries that are underrepresented in cinema,” he says. “We support filmmakers who develop a story that has its own voice and is set in a specific context. Be it Iran, Morocco or the United States. But they don’t have to be the voice of their country. “They need to have the freedom to express their own personal vision,” he added.
Family is among the themes that excite Bonhomme in this year’s films. Filmmakers, including the director of ‘The Holy Fig Seed’, Muhammad Rasoulof Investigating the social and political impact on the family, Just as Bonhomme assured.
The festival opened on Friday night with the gripping thriller ‘*The Order’. starring Jude Law It describes the FBI’s persecution of the leader of a white supremacist group.
festival founded by King Mohammed VI of Morocco and presided over by his brother, Prince Moulay RachidIt plays a fundamental role in exhibiting and promoting Moroccan films and directors. Moroccan films about me will be shown this yearImmigration, homosexuality, artists and communist Jews Maghreb country.
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