2023-11-04 17:06:10
“Hired Killer” opens the festival
The management of the Marrakesh International Film Festival revealed the opening film of the twentieth session, which is a comedy entitled “Hired Killer,” directed by Richard Linklater. The film mixes action and romantic comedy, starring Colin Powell.
The 20th edition of the Marrakesh Film Festival will be held between November 24 and December 2, and its list of festive screenings includes the film “I Am the Captain” by Italian director Matthew Carone, which is a contemporary epic regarding two Senegalese young men who aspire to reach Europe.
It will also screen “Memory” by Michel Franco, a moving film in which Jessica Chastain, head of the jury, plays a wonderful role.
Australian actor Simon Baker is also participating in the movie “Limbo,” directed by Ivan Sen, which is a black-and-white thriller.
Gold Star Award winner Alexander Payne returns with “Winter Vacation,” a comedy led by a distinguished trio, and Moroccan director Faouzi Bensaidi will present “The Empty Third,” a mysterious and satirical “Western” regarding extreme liberalism.
The festive screenings will conclude with the movie “Making Off,” directed by Cedric Khan, which is a social comedy that shows the behind-the-scenes of cinematography, starring Jonathan Cohen.
The Moroccan festival displays a selection of international films, including 75 films from 36 countries, in the festival sections that include the official competition, festive screenings, special screenings, the eleventh continent, the panorama of Moroccan cinema, film screenings for emerging audiences, Jemaa El Fna Square screenings and films that It will be presented as part of the honors.
The official competition dedicated to the first and second feature films by its directors seeks to reveal new talents in world cinema. Among the works selected for competition, there are 10 films that are the first by their directors, and 8 films signed by female filmmakers, representing 13 countries, including the United States and Mongolia. , Turkey, three films from Latin America (Brazil, Chile and Colombia), three from Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the United Kingdom) and five films from the Middle East and Africa (Madagascar, Morocco, Senegal, Palestine).
The “official competition” includes the films “Gangs” by Kamal Azraq (Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar, Saudi Arabia), “Our World” by Iwana Bajrami (Kosovo, France), “The Other Son” by Juan Sebastian Quebrada (Colombia, France, Argentina), “Prison in “Andes” by Felipe Carmona (Chile and Brazil), “Silent Roar” by Johnny Barincton (UK), “The Toll” by Carolina Marković (Brazil and Portugal), “Tuesday” by Dayna Pusic (US and UK), “Panel and Adama” by Ramata – Tolay Si (France, Senegal and Mali), “Bye Bye Tiberias” by Lina Soualem (Palestine, France, Belgium and Qatar-Documentary), “City of the Winds” by Khakvadolam Bourif-Osher (France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany and Qatar), “Disco “Africa” by Luc Razanajona (France, Madagascar, Mauritius, Germany and South Africa), “The Dormitory” by Neher Tuna (Turkey, Germany and France), “Picnic” by Ona Konjak (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway and Qatar), “White Lies” “For the names of the director (Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar – Documentary).
The official competition jury is headed by the Oscar-winning American actress and producer, Jessica Chastain, and its membership includes actress Zar Amir, French actress Camille Cottan, Australian actor and director Joel Edgerton, British director Joanna Hawke, American director Dee Rees, and Swedish-Egyptian director. Tarek Saleh, Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard and French-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani.
Organizers say that this year’s committee, whose members come from eight countries from five continents, reflects the specificity of the International Film Festival, as a demonstration that celebrates global cinematic creativity.
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