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Marrakech Film Festival Named Its Lineup, Luca Guadagnino Became the President of the Jury
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Marrakech Film Festival Named Its Lineup, Luca Guadagnino Became the President of the Jury

Marrakesh Film Festival He announced his 2024 squad on Thursday and determined this Luca Guadagnino He will replace Thomas Vinterberg as jury president. Other jury members are Andrew GarfieldJacob Elordi, Virginie Efira and Ali Abbasi. Festival organizers said Vinterberg “had to apologize for family reasons.”

Thursday’s Marrakech festival has announced the schedule of galas and special screenings, as well as the competition, 11th Continent and Moroccan Panorama sections. In the competition, 14 films will compete for the Étoile d’Or, that is, the Gold Star.

The 21st edition of the festival will also be held in Morocco. Honor Sean Penn, David Cronenberg and pay a posthumous tribute to Moroccan star Naïma Elmcherqui. The Marrakesh festival will take place from November 29 to December. 7.

Check out the full list of the 2024 edition below.

COMPETITION

ACROSS THE SEA (LA MER AU LOIN)

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi / France, Morocco, Belgium

With Ayoub Gretaa, Anna Mouglalis, Grégoire Colin, Omar Boulakirba, Rym Foglia, Sarah Henochsberg

HEAVEN BOUND (KUN BANG SHANG TIAN TANG)

By Huo Xin / China

With Ni Ni, Zhou You, Liao Fan

CULTURE (LA QUINTA)

Silvina Schnicer / Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Chile

With Valentín Salavarrey, Milo Lis, Emma Cetrangolo, Cecilia Rainero, Sebastián Arzeno

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Scandar Copti / Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar

With Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun, Meirav Memoresky, Toufic Danial

HAPPY ENDING

Neo Sora / Japan, USA

With Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka, Yuta Hayashi, Shina Peng, LAND, Kilala Inori

JANE AUSTEN RUINED MY LIFE (JANE AUSTEN A GÂCHÉ MA VIE)

Laura Piani / France

With Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson

MA — THE AGE OF SILENCE

The Maw Naing / Myanmar, Singapore, France, Norway, South Korea, Qatar

ONE OF THE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIED (ONE OF THE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIED)

Written by: Murat Fıratoğlu / Türkiye

With Sefer Fıratoğlu, Salih Taşçı, Güneş Sayın, Ali Barkın Birkan, Murat Fıratoğlu, Fırat Bozan

MINT PERFUMED

Muhammed Hamdy / Egypt, Qatar, Tunisia, France

With Alaa El Din Hamada, Mahdy Abo Bahat, Abdo Zin El Din, Hatem Emam Moustafa

SILENT STORMS (LES TEMPÊTES)

Dania Reymond-Boughenou / France, Belgium

With Khaled Benaïssa, Camélia Jordana, Shirine Boutella, Mehdi Ramdani

SUDAN, DON’T FORGET US (SOUDAN, SOUVIENS-TOI)

Hind Meddeb / France, Tunisia, Qatar – Documentary

With Shajane Suliman, Ahmed Muzamil, Maha Elfaki, Khatab Ahmed

UNDER THE VOLCANO (POD WULKANEM)

Damian Koçur / Poland

With Sofiia Berezovska, Roman Lutskyi, Anastasiia Karpienko, Fedir Pugachov

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO HEAVEN

Mo Harawe / Austria, France, Germany, Somalia

With Ahmed Ali Farah, Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban

WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT

Gabrielle Brady / Australia, Mongolia, Germany – Documentary


GALA MOVIES

opening movie

ORDER

Justin Kurzel / Canada

With Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Marc Maron

EVERYONE LOVES TOUDA

Prepared by: Nabil Ayouch / France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway

With Nisrin Erradi, Joud Chamihy, Jalila Talemsi, El Mostafa Boutankite, Lahcen Razzougui

THE FOURTH WALL (LE QUATRIÈME MUR)

Written by: David Oelhoffen / France, Luxembourg, Belgium

With Laurent Lafitte, Simon Abkarian, Manal Issa

I AM STILL HERE (JE SUIS TOUJOURS LÀ / Aında ESTOU AQUI)

Walter Salles / Brazil, France

With Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Marc Maron

HOLY FIG SEED (LES GRAINES DU FIGUIER SAUVAGE)

Written by: Mohammad Rasoulof / Germany, France, Iran

With Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Reza Ahlaghi

SHIRTS (LES LINCEULS)

Written by: David Cronenberg / France, Canada

With Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt

THE TIES THAT BIND US (L’CONNECTION)

Carine Tardieu / France, Belgium

With Pio Marmaï, César Botti, Valéria Bruni-Tedeschi, Raphaël Quenard


SPECIAL SCREENINGS

EVERYTHING WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

Payal Kapadia / France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg

With Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon

APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS (APOCALIPSE NOS TROPICOS)

Petra Costa / Brazil – Documentary

BIRD

Andrea Arnold / United Kingdom

Cast: Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda, Jasmine Jobson, Frankie Box

THE THRESHOLD OF DREAMS (LES FILLES DU NIL / RAFAAT EINY LL SAMA)

Prepared by: Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir / Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia – Documentary

With Majda Masoud, Haidi Sameh, Monika Youssef, Marina Samir, Myriam Nassar, Lydia Haroun, Youstina Samir

THIAROYE CAMP (CAMP DE THIAROYE)

Written by: Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow / Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia – 1988 – Restored version

With Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Ismaila Cissé, Ababacar Sy Cissé, Moussa Cissoko, Eloi Coly, Ismaël Lô, Pierre Londiche

MEET

Edward Berger / USA, UK

With Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow

DIARIES FROM LEBANON

Written by: Myriam El Hajj / Lebanon, France, Qatar – Documentary

With Joumana Haddad, Georges Moufarej, Perla Joe Maalouli

FANON

Jean-Claude Barny / France, Luxembourg, Canada

With Alexandre Bouyer, Déborah François, Stanislas Merhar, Mehdi Senoussi, Olivier Gourmet, Arthur Dupont, Salomé Partouche, Salem Kali, Sfaya M’Barki

KILL THE JOCKEY (HAND JOCKEY)

Luis Ortega / Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, USA

With Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Ursula Corberó, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Mariana di Girolamo

MIKADO

Baya Kasmi / France

With Félix Moati, Ramzy Bedia, Vimala Pons

ON BEING GIN CHICKEN

Written by Rungano Nyoni / Zambia, United Kingdom

With Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Henry BJ Phiri

ALIEN EYES

Yeo Siew Hua / Singapore, Taiwan, France, USA

With Lee Kang-Sheng, Wu Chien-ho, Anicca Panna, Vera Chen, Pete Teo, Xenia Tan

TO AN UNKNOWN LAND

Written by: Mehdi Fleifel / England, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

With Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbah, Angeliki Papoulia, Mohammad Alsurafa, Monzer Reyahnah, Mouataz Alshaltouh

LOST (L’EFACEMENT)

Written by: Karim Moussaoui / France, Germany, Tunisia

Sammy Lechea with Zar Amir

TO WHOM DO I BELONG (MÉ EL AÏN)

Meryam Joobeur / Tunisia, France, Canada

With Salha Nasraoui, Mohamed Hassine Grayaa, Malek Mechergui, Adam Bessa, Bya Liane, Rayen Mechergui


11. CONTINENT

A FIDAI MOVIE

Kamal Aljafari / Palestine, Germany, Qatar, Brazil, France – Documentary

CABO NIGGER

Abdellah Taïa / France, Morocco

With Youness Beyej, Oumaima Barid, Julian Compan

DAMNED

Roberto Minervini / Italy, USA, Belgium

With Jeremiah Knupp, René W. Solomon, Cuyler Ballenger

BIG TOUR

Miguel Gomes / Portugal, Italy, France

With Crista Alfaiate, Gonçalo Waddington, Cláudio da Silva, Lang Khê Tran

GREEN LINE (GREEN LINE – L’ENFANT-CHAT)

Written by: Sylvie Ballyot / France, Lebanon, Qatar – Documentary

With Fida Bizri

ACID HIGHER THAN CLOUDS (BALATAR AZ BARHAYE ACID)

Prepared by: Ali Asgari / Iran, Luxembourg – Documentary

with Ali Asgari

NATIONALITY: IMMIGRANT (NATIONALITY: IMMIGRANT)

Written by: Sidney Sokhona / France – 1975 – Restored version – Documentary

With Constant Hames, Frank Valmont, Denis Parichon, Sally N’Dongo, Camara Bingourou, Bertrand Mayet, Yerro N’diaye, Alphonse Teixido, Sidi Gassama, Brahim Barakati

NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF BARATU (LES NUITS SENTENT ENCORE LA POUDRE A CANON / AS NOITES Aında CHEIRAM A POLVORA)

Prepared by: Inadelso Cossa / Mozambique, France, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway – Documentary

With Maria Estevão, Moises Langa, Inadelso Cossa

NOT THAT MUCH SLEEP

Alexandra Simpson / USA, Switzerland

With Jordan Coley, Taylor Benton, Xavier Brown-Sanders, Brynne Hofbauer, Bob Simpson, Justine Fabre, Violet Strickland

GETTING UP AT NIGHT (TONGO SAA)

Nelson Makengo / Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar – Documentary

ROCK BOTTOM

Written by: María Trénor / Spain, Poland

Fermi Herrero with Laura Casana

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (UNE LANGUE UNIVERSELE)

Matthew Rankin / Canada

With Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Sobhan Javadi, Pirouz Nemati, Matthew Rankin, Mani Soleymanlou

WE WANT TO WISH ON A STAR

Prepared by: Péter Kerekes / Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia – Documentary

With Luciana de Leoni D’Asparedo, Valentina Angeli, Alessandra Fornasier, Barbara

Lutman, Giovanni Rugo, Adriana Vangone, Giuliana Vango


MOROCCO PANORAMA

(Y)OUR MOTHER (LES MIENNES)

Samira El Mouzghibati / Belgium, France – Documentary

With Zoulikha Amnih, Amar El Mouzghibati, Fatiha El Mouzghibati, Saïda El Mouzghibati, Karima El Mouzghibati, Saliha El Mouzghibati, Samira El Mouzghibati

BLUE LAKE (AL MARJA ZARQA)

Daoud Aoulad-Syad / Morocco

With Mohamed Khouyi, Hasna Tamtaoui, Youssef Kadir, Mohamed Azelarab Kaghat, Salem Daballa, Ranya Chani

NIGHT SONATA (SONATA LAYLIA)

Abdeslam Kelaï / Morocco

With Nada Haddaoui, Saad Mouaffak, Malika El Omari, Yazid Madine

SINCE I WAS BORN (PUISQUE JE SUIS NÉE)

Jawad Rhalib / Morocco, Belgium

Zahira Id Ali with Mohamed Id Ali

A THOUSAND AND ONE DAYS HAC EDMOND (LES MILLE ET UN JOURS DU HAJJ EDMOND)

Simone Bitton / Morocco, France – Documentary

With Mohamed Tozy, Leïla Shahid, Dominique Eddé, Mohamed Berrada, Hassan Bourkia, Khalil El Ghrib

CINEMA FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES AND FAMILIES

DOUNIA, LE GRAND PAYS BLANC

Written by: Marya Zarif, André Kadi / Canada

With Manuel Tadros, Rahaf Ataya, Elza Mardirossian, Léa-Kim Lafrance-Leroux, Haydan Quitich, Mariette Niquay Ottawa

FLOW

Written by: Gints Zilbalodis / Latvia, France, Belgium

L’BATAL

Written by: Omar Lotfi / Morocco

With Omar Lotfi, Aziz Dadas, Rafik Boubker, Farah el Fassi, Fehd Benchmsi, Majdouline el Idrissi

SIROCCO AND THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS (SIROCCO ET LE ROYAUME DES COURANTS D’AIR)

Written by: Benoît Chieux / France, Belgium

With Loïse Charpentier, Maryne Bertieaux, Aurélie Konaté, Pierre Lognay, Laurent Morteau, Éric De Staercke, David Dos Santos, Géraldine Asselin

SOMETIMES HAPPINESS, SOMETIMES SORRY (KABHI KUSHI KABHIE GHAM)

Karan Johar / India

Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan with Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor

THREE ROBBERS AND A LION (FOLK OG RØVERE I KARDEMOMME)

Rasmus A. Sivertsen / Norway

With Anders Baasmo, Herman Breum-Lie, Hedda Grjotheim, Mads Hansen, Thorbjørn Harr, Sol Heilo, Aksel Hennie