The Marrakech Film Festival opened Friday with Justin Kurzel’s timely thriller The Order, and as is customary, the lineup includes more than 70 films, with a mix of well-known and new releases. There is.
“The Order” is based on French-Moroccan author Nabil Ayouch’s feminist musical drama “Everybody Loves Toda,” director Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here,” and director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “Sacred Fig Seeds.” ” will also be screened as part of the event’s gala screening. ” will be accompanied by a director.
The 14-title competition for first and second films includes Across the Sea, a melodrama by Moroccan director Said Hamichi Benlarbi about North African exiles in Marseilles, and Across the Sea, a melodrama about the people and culture of Sudan. Includes the tribute documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’ directed by Hind Medeb. Document their 2019 revolution. “Sudan, Remember Us” was supported by the festival’s Atlas Workshop industry initiative, which aims to foster and support the emergence of a new generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers. One of the movies.
Other films in competition include Under the Volcano, directed by Polish director Damien Kocur. This work depicts a family from Kiev who learn that their stay in Spain will be indefinite due to the invasion of Ukraine. “The Village Next Door”, directed by Somali filmmaker Mo Harawe, was the first Somali film to be screened at Cannes. Australian-British director Gabriel Brady’s climate change documentary “Wolves Always Come at Night” is about a family of Mongolian shepherds who are forced to give up their way of life after an extremely harsh winter.
This year’s distinguished guests include the honorable mention of Sean Penn and David Cronenberg, as well as “Bike Riders” director Jeff Nichols, who will mentor Atlas Workshop.
Luca Guadagnino is a member of Iranian director Ali Abbasi, Indian director Zoya Akhtar, American actor Patricia Arquette, Belgian actor Virginie Efira, Australian actor Jacob Elordi, and British-American actor. He will preside over a prestigious panel of judges, including actor Andrew Garfield and Moroccan actor Nadia Kunda. and Argentina coach Santiago Mitre.
A major cultural event in Morocco, Marrakech is one of the only international festivals of its size where screenings and masterclasses are free and open to the public.
Please see below for the main lineup.
official contest
“Across the Sea” by Said Hamihi Benlarbi (France, Morocco, Belgium)
“Bound in Heaven” by Huo Xin (China)
“The Cottage” by Silvina Schnisser (Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Chile)
“Happy Holidays” by Scandal Copti (Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar)
“Happy End” Neo Sora (Japan, America)
“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” by Laura Piani (France)
“Ma-Cry of Silence” The Maw Naing (Myanmar, Singapore, France, Norway, South Korea, Qatar)
“The Day Hemme Died” by Murat Filatoglu (Türkiye)
“Mint Scent” by Muhamed Hamdi (Egypt, Qatar, Tunisia, France)
“Silent Storms” (Les Tempêtes), by Dania Raymond Bouguenoux (France, Belgium)
“Sudan, do not forget us” by Hind Medeb (France, Tunisia, Qatar – Documentary)
“Under The Volcano” by Damian Kocul (Poland)
“The Village Next to Paradise” by Mo Harawe (Austria, France, Germany, Somalia)
“Wolves Always Come at Night” Documentary by Gabriel Brady (Australia, Mongolia, Germany)
gala screening
“The Order” by Justin Kurzel (Canada) — opening film
“Everyone Loves Touda” by Nabil Ayush (France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway)
“The Fourth Wall” David Oelhoffen (France, Luxembourg, Belgium)
“I’m Still Here” by Walter Salles (Brazil, France)
“The Sacred Fig Seed” by Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany, France, Iran)
“The Shrouds” by David Cronenberg (France, Canada)
“The Bonds That Bind Us” by Karine Tardieu (France, Belgium)
Special screening
“All We Imagine as Light” by Payal Kapadia (France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
“Tropical Apocalypse” by Petra Costa (Brazil) – Documentary
“Bird” Andrea Arnold (UK)
“On the Brink of a Dream” Written by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir (Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) Documentary
“Camp of Chiaroe” by Ousmane Sembène and Tierno Fatih So (Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia) (1988) – restored edition
“Conclave” by Edward Berger (USA, UK)
“Diary from Lebanon” Documentary by Miriam El Hajj (Lebanon, France, Qatar)
“Fanon” by Jean-Claude Barney (France, Luxembourg, Canada)
“Kill The Jockey” Luis Ortega (Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, USA)
“Mikado” by Baya Kasumi (France)
“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” by Lungano Nyoni (Zambia, UK)
“Stranger Eyes” Yeo Siew Hua (Singapore, Taiwan, France, USA)
“To a Land Unknown” by Mahdi Freifel (UK, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia)
“The Vanishing” by Karim Moussaoui (France, Germany, Tunisia)
“Who Do I Belong To” by Merriam Juber (Tunisia, France, Canada)
