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    Marrakech International Film Festival Unveils Its Official Selection

    14 October 202211 Mins Read
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    True to the Festival’s positioning, the Competition presents films by directors making their first or second feature films in order to discover and promote new talents in world cinema. Among the 14 films selected, 10 are first-time features and 6 are by women directors.
    It is a wide-ranging selection from 14 countries, including two from Latin America (Brazil and Mexico), three from Europe (France, Portugal and Switzerland), four from the MEA region and its diaspora (Morocco, Sweden/Somalia, Syria, Tunisia), as well as films from Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Iran and Turkey.
    Exploring cinematographic genres from fantasy to film noir, and featuring period films, social dramas, thrillers and melodramas, the films competing for the Étoile d’Or address subjects that reflect the concerns of the younger generations around the world: the construction of identity, the need for role models, and the place of women in contemporary society, but also questions of passing down knowledge, whether that knowledge is of tradition, political heritage or simply love.
    At the opening of this 19th edition, festival-goers will discover Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the latest wonder from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, co-directed with Mark Gustafson. This stop-motion musical animated film re-imagines the adventures of the beloved wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy.

    This year’s Gala Screenings feature international premieres by respected filmmakers, such as James Gray’s Armageddon Time, Neil Jordan’s Marlowe, Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven and Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener, as well as internationally acclaimed films such the Palestinian comedy-drama Mediterranean Fever; The Sitting Duck, a captivating thriller from France starring Isabelle Huppert; and The Swimmers, a British-Egyptian selection that tells the true story of two sisters who fled Syria to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games.

     

    Special Screenings include 15 contemporary films from around the world—from Iceland to India to South Korea—made by critically acclaimed filmmakers and coming from presentations at the most prestigious international film festivals. Among the directors are France’s Alice Diop, the United Kingdom’s Joanna Hogg, Austria’s Marie Kreutzer and Iran’s Jafar Panahi, as well Fatih Akin of Germany and Philippe Faucon of France, both of whom shot their films in Morocco.

     

    The 11th Continent section presents bold and innovative films that challenge cinematic representations. The programme of 12 fiction, documentary and archive films opens a cinematic dialogue between contemporary cinema coming from countries including Brazil, Lebanon, Paraguay, Rwanda and Spain, and two recently restored film classics that in their time were at the forefront of Arab and African cinema.
    The Moroccan Panorama presents five of Morocco’s recent fiction and documentary films. Opening the selection is the world premiere of Summer Days, the most recent film from Faouzi Bensaïdi. Moroccan cinema has a strong presence this year, with a total of 15 films appearing in the various sections of the festival.

     

    With the intent of increasing awareness among the audiences of tomorrow, the Cinema for Young Audiences section offers schoolchildren the opportunity to discover cinema through nine dedicated screenings.

     

    The festival comes to life on Jemaa El Fna square, in the heart of the city of Marrakech, with a programme of popular films presented by international celebrities, among them Anurag Kashyap, who will present the world premiere of his most recent film, Almost Love.

     

    Completing this year’s rich selection of 76 films is the festival’s Tributes programme, a presentation of films made by or starring international and Moroccan personalities, screened at the Palais des Congrès, the Cinéma du Colisée and on Jemaa El Fna square.

     

    OFFICIAL COMPETITION

    ALMA VIVA 
    by Cristèle Alves Meira / Portugal
    Principal Cast: Lua Michel, Ana Padrão, Jacqueline Corado, Duarte Pina, Catherine Salée

    ASHKAL
    by Youssef Chebbi / Tunisia
    Principal Cast: Fatma Oussaifi, Mohamed Houcine Grayaa, Rami Harrabi, Hichem Riahi, Nabil Trabelsi, Bahri Rahali

    ASTRAKAN
    by David Depesseville / France
    Principal Cast: Mirko Giannini Samuel, Jehnny Beth, Bastien Bouillon

    AUTOBIOGRAPHY
    by Makbul Mubarak / Indonesia
    Principal Cast: Kevin Ardilova, Arswendy Bening Swara, Haru Sandra, Rukman Rosadi, Yusuf Mahardika

    THE BLUE CAFTAN (Le Bleu du Caftan/Azraq al-qaftan)
    by Maryam Touzani / Morocco
    Principal Cast: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui

    FARAWAY SONG (Cañçao ao Longe)
    by Clarissa Campolina / Brazil
    Principal Cast: Mônica Maria, Carlos Francisco, Jhon Narvaez, Margô Assis, Matilde Biagi, Ricardo Campos

    PETROL
    by Alena Lodkina / Australia
    Principal Cast: Nathalie Morris, Hannah Lynch

    RED SHOES (Zapatos rojos)
    by Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser / Mexico Principal Cast: Eustacio Ascacio, Natalia Solian, Phanie Molina, Irine Herrera

    RICEBOY SLEEPS
    by Anthony Shim / Canada
    Principal Cast: Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony Shim, Hunter Dillon

    SAVAGE (Amina)
    by Ahmed Abdullahi / Sweden
    Principal Cast: Nimco Ahmed Ali, Jamilah Mohamed Kirih, Ariane Castellanos

    SNOW AND THE BEAR (Kar ve Ayı)
    by Selcen Ergun / Turkey
    Principal Cast: Merve Dizdar, Saygın Soysal, Asiye Dinçsoy, Erkan Bektaş, Derya Pınar Ak

    A TALE OF SHEMROON (Chevalier noir)
    by Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi / Iran
    Principal Cast: Iman Sayad Borhani, Payar Allahyari, Masoumeh Beygi, Behzad Dorani

    THE TASTE OF APPLES IS RED (Ta’am al-tufah, ahmar)
    by Ehab Tarabieh / Syria
    Principal Cast: Mariam J. Khoury, Tarik Kopty, Rula Blal, Hussien Rumiah, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Suheil Haddad

    THUNDER (Foudre)
    by Carmen Jaquier / Switzerland
    Principal Cast: Lilith Grasmug, Mermoz Melchior, Benjamin Python, Noah Watzlawick, Sabine Timoteo

    GALA SCREENINGS

    Opening Film

    GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

    by Guillermo del Toro / Mexico et Mark Gustafson / USA
    Principal Cast: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton

    ARMAGEDDON TIME
    by James Gray / USA
    Principal Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Anthony Hopkin

     

    BOY FROM HEAVEN (Walad min al-janna)
    by Tarik Saleh / Sweden
    Principal Cast: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram J. Khoury, Mehdi Dehbi

     

    MARLOWE
    by Neil Jordan / Ireland
    Principal Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Danny Huston

     

    MASTER GARDENER
    by Paul Schrader / USA
    Principal Cast: Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell

    MEDITERRANEAN FEVER
    by Maha Haj / Palestine
    Principal Cast: Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Anat Hadid, Samir Elias, Cynthia Saleem, Shaden Kanboura

     

    THE SITTING DUCK (La Syndicaliste)
    by Jean-Paul Salomé / France
    Principal Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Grégory Gadebois, François-Xavier Demaison, Pierre Deladonchamps, Alexandra Maria Lara, Gilles Cohen with the participation of de Marina Foïs, Yvan Attal

    THE SWIMMERS
    by Sally El Hosaini / Egypt/United Kingdom
    Principal Cast: Mana Issa, Nathalie Issa, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ahmed Malek, James Krishna Floyd, Ali Suleiman

    SPECIAL SCREENINGS

    BURNING DAYS (Kurak Günler)
    by Emin Alper / Turkey
    Principal Cast: Selahattin Paşali, Ekin Koç, Erol Babaoğlu, Erdem Şenocak, Selin Yeninci

    CORSAGE
    by Marie Kreutzer / Austria
    Principal Cast: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Aaron Friesz, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun
    THE DAMNED DON’T CRY
    by Fyzal Boulifa / Morocco
    Principal Cast: Abdellah El Hajjouji, Aïcha Tebbae, Antoine Reinartz

    DECLARATION (Ariyippu)
    by Mahesh Narayanan / India
    Principal Cast: Kunchacko Boban, Divya Prabha, Lovleen Misra, Danish Husain, Kannan Arunasalam

    THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
    by Joanna Hogg / United Kingdom
    Principal Cast: Tilda Swinton, August Joshi,
    Carly-Sophie Davies, Joseph Mydell, Crispin Buxton
    GODLAND
    (Vanskabte Land | Volga∂a Land)
    by Hlynur Pálmason / Iceland
    Principal Cast: Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Sigur∂sson, Vic Carmen Sonne, Jacob Hauberg Lohmann, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir

    LES HARKIS
    by Philippe Faucon / France
    Principal Cast: Théo Cholbi, Mohamed Mouffok, Pierre Lottin, Yannick Choirat, Omar Boulakirba

    MONICA
    by Andrea Pallaoro / Italy
    Principal Cast: Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Browning, Joshua Close, Adriana Barraza

    NAYOLA
    by José Miguel Ribeiro / Portugal
    Voices: Elisângela Rita, Vitória Soares, Feliciana Délcia Guia, Marinela Furtado, José Adelino Barcelo Carvalho

    NO BEARS (Khers nist)
    by Jafar Panahi / Iran
    Principal Cast: Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjei, Mina Kavani

    QUEENS (Reines)
    by Yasmine Benkiran / Morocco
    Principal Cast: Nisrin Erradi, Nisrine Benchara, Rayhan Guaran, Jalila Talemsi, Mohamed Nider Hamid

    RETURN TO SEOUL (Retour à Seoul)
    by Davy Chou / Cambodia
    Principal Cast: Park Ji-min, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Louis-Do Lencquesaing

    RHINEGOLD (Rheingold)
    by Fatih Akin / Germany
    Principal Cast: Emilio Sakraya, Kardo Razzazi, Mona Pirzad, Arman Kashani, Hüseyin Top, Sogol Faghani

    SAINT OMER (Saint-Omer)
    by Alice Diop / France
    Principal Cast: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit, Robert Cantarella

    UNDER THE FIG TREES (Sous les figues)
    by Erige Sehiri / Tunisia
    Principal Cast: Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi, Leila Ouhebi

    THE 11TH CONTINENT

    BEIRUT AL-LIKA (Beirut, the Encounter)
    by Borhane Alaouié / Lebanon
    Principal Cast: Haitham El Amine, Nadine Acoury, Renée Deek, Refaat Haidar, Hussam Sabbah, Najwa Haidar, Rafic Najem (1981)

    DRY GROUND BURNING (Mato seco em chamas)
    by Joana Pimenta / Portugal
    and Adirley Queiros / Brazil
    Principal Cast: Joana Darc Furtado, Léa Alves Da Silva, Andreia Vieira, Débora Alencar, Gleide Firmino, Mara Alves

    EAMI
    by Paz Encina / Paraguay
    Principal Cast: Anel Picanerai, Curia Chiquejno Etacoro, Ducubaide Chiquenoi, Basui Picanerai Etacore, Lucas Etacori

    FATHER’S DAY
    by Kivu Ruhorahoza / Rwanda
    Principal Cast: Mediatrice Kayitesi, Aline Amike, Yves Kijyana, Cedric Gisubizo

    FRAGMENTS FROM HEAVEN
    by Adnane Baraka / Morocco
    Documentary
    With: Mohamed Oubakha, Abderrahman Ibhi, Lahcen Oubakha, Youssef Oubakha

     

    IN FIELDS OF WORDS: CONVERSATIONS WITH SAMAR YAZBEK (As-sahel al-mumtani)
    by Rania Stephan / Lebanon
    Documentary
    With: Samar Yazbek

    MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS (Marinheiro das Montanhas)
    by Karim Aïnouz / Brazil
    MUNA MOTO (The Child of Another)
    by Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa / Cameroon Principal Cast: David Endéné, Arlette Din Bell, Philippe Abia, Gisèle Dikongué-Pipa, Jeanne Mvondo (1975)

    PACIFICTION
    by Albert Serra / Spain
    Principal Cast: Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini, Matahi Pambrun, Alexandre Melo

    POLARIS
    by Ainara Vera / France
    Documentary

     

    REEL NO. 21 AKA RESTORING SOLIDARITY
    by Mohanad Yaqubi / Palestine, Morocco
    Documentary

    REWIND & PLAY
    by Alain Gomis / Senegal
    Documentary

    MOROCCAN PANORAMA

    Opening Film
    SUMMER DAYS (Jours d’été)
    by Faouzi Bensaïdi / Morocco
    Principal Cast: Mouna Fettou, Mohcine Malzi, Nezha Rahil, Nadia Kounda, Abdou Taleb, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Hasna Moumni, Mohamed Choubi, Saïd Bey, Noureddine Saadane, Abderrahim Samadi

    ABDELINHO
    by Hicham Ayouch / Morocco
    Principal Cast: Abderahim Tamimi, Ali Suliman, Ines Monteiro, Saïd Bey, Zhor Simani, Abdelslam Bounouacha
    GOLDFISHES (Asmak hamrae)
    by Abdeslam Kelai / Morocco
    Principal Cast: Jalila Talemsi, Nisrine Erradi, Farida Bouazzaoui, Amine Ennaji, Mohamed Choubi

    THE POSTCARD (Fi zaouiyat omi)
    by Asmae El Moudir / Morocco
    Documentary
    With: Oum Eleid, Ouardiya, Chraibi, Aicha Touda
    ZIYARA
    by Simone Bitton / Morocco
    Documentary

    CINEMA FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

    THE BLACK PHARAOH, THE SAVAGE AND THE PRINCESS (Le Pharaon, le sauvage et la princesse)
    by Michel Ocelot / France
    Voices: Aïssa Maïga, Oscar Lesage, Claire de la Rüe du Can, Didier Sandre, Serge Bagdassarian
    DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO (Dounia et la princesse d’Alep)
    by Marya Zarif & André Kadi / Canada
    Voices: Rachaf Ataya, Elsa Mardorissian, Manuel Tadros, Raïa Haidar, Marya Zarif

    HAWA
    by Maïmouna Doucouré / France
    Principal Cast: Sania Halifa, Oummou Sangaré, Yseult, Jérôme Pouly, Thomas Pesquet, Titouan Gerbier
    YUKU AND THE FLOWER OF THE HIMALAYAS (Yuku et la fleur l’Himalaya)
    by Arnaud Demuynck / Belgium,

    and Rémi Durin / France
    Voices: Lily Demuynck-Deydier, Agnès Jaoui, Arno, Tom November, Alice on the Roof, Igor Van Dessel

    OUTDOOR SCREENINGS 
    ON JEMAA EL FNA SQUARE

    30 MILLION (30 Melyoun)
    by Rabii Chajid / Morocco
    Principal Cast: Driss & Mehdi, Yassar, Karima Gouit, Ibtissam Tiskat, Faty Jamali, Rabii El Kati, Rafik Boubker, Nabil Atif.

    AD ASTRA
    by James Gray / USA
    Principal Cast: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland
    ALMOST LOVE (Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat) 
    by Anurag Kashyap / India
    Principal Cast: Alaya F., Karan Mehta
    DADDY OR MOMMY (Papa ou maman)
    by Martin Bourboulon / France
    Principal Cast: Marina Foïs, Laurent Lafitte

    GULLY BOY
    by Zoya Akhtar / India
    Principal Cast: Ranveer Singh Alia Bhatt, Siddhant Chaturvedi
    AL IKHWANE
    by Mohamed Amine El Ahmar / Morocco
    Principal Cast: Abdelali Lahmar / Taliss, Karima Oulhouss, Saïd Halim, Wadie Erraji, Ayoub Idri, Maya, Fadila Benmoussa, Rachid Rafik, Mohamed Bassou, Youssef Azilal, Abdellatif Khamouli, Raouia, Fatima Bouchene

    MINIONS : THE RISE OF GRU
    by Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson & Jonathan del Val / USA
    Principal Cast: Gad Elmaleh, Gérard Darmon, Claudia Tagbo

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