Tunisian director Erige Sehiri scooped the Marrakech Film Festival’s top Etoile d’Or prize for her female-led feature Promised Sky over the weekend. The drama about three Ivorian women living together in the Tunisian capital of Tunis, is Sehiri’s second fiction feature after 2022 Directors’ Fortn... Read more
Deadline - Dec 08
The 22nd Marrakech Film Festival got off to a star-studded start on Friday night with a screening of Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man Wire” attended by Bong Joon Ho, Jenna Ortega, Anya Taylor-Joy and more big names in the film world. “Parasite” Oscar winner Bong, who is serving as this year’s jury presid... Read more
Variety - Nov 28
Jenna Ortega dressed to impress in a glamorous plunging gown as she posed on the red carpet at the opening night of the 22nd Marrakech Film Festival on Friday. Read more
Mail Online - Nov 28
Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire has been unveiled as the opening film of the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival, with Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 closing the Moroccan event. They will be among 82 films from 31 countries showcased at the festival – running from November 28 to December 6 ... Read more
Deadline - Nov 10
The Marrakech Intl. Film Festival has revealed the lineup for its 22nd edition, which runs Nov. 28 to Dec. 6. A total of 82 films from 31 countries have been selected for the festival. Nine of these films unspool as world or international premieres, nine have received the support of the Atlas Wor... Read more
Variety - Nov 10
Cannes Palme d’Or winning Romanian director Cristian Mungiu has been named as the 2025 patron of the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops, following in the footsteps of Jeff Nichols last year. Regarded as a major figure in contemporary European auteur cinema, Mungiu won the Pal... Read more
Deadline - Nov 05
The Marrakech Film Festival has revealed the 28 projects and films selected for the 8th edition of the Atlas Workshops, whose patron this year is Romanian director Cristian Mungiu. The event runs from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. Mungiu, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2007 for “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2... Read more
Variety - Nov 05
The Marrakech International Film Festival will pay tribute to Jodie Foster, Guillermo del Toro, Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmy and Moroccan star Raouya, at its 22nd edition later this month. Foster’s career will be feted with a gala screening of her latest film, Rebecca Zlotowski’s French-language ... Read more
Deadline - Nov 04
Marrakech Film Festival will pay tribute to U.S. actor-director Jodie Foster, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, Moroccan actress Raouya and Hussein Fahmi, an Egyptian actor, director and producer, at its 22nd edition, which runs from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6. Foster will introduce her new film “Vie P... Read more
Variety - Nov 04
