All Marrakech articles
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NewsMarrakech bolsters distribution-focused initiatives for 2024 edition (exclusive)
Festival will invite a broad selection of global distributors and expand Atlas Distribution Awards
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NewsTim Burton, Ava DuVernay, Justine Triet join starry Marrakech’s Conversations lineup
Eighteen top directors, actors, scriptwriters, and producers are expected in Marrakech this year for the Conversations programme.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino replaces Thomas Vinterberg as Marrakech jury head
The Danish filmmaker had to drop out for “family reasons”.
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NewsJustin Kurzel’s ‘The Order’ to open Marrakech film festival; full line-up revealed
This year’s festival will screen 70 films from 32 countries.
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NewsMarrakech to honour Sean Penn, David Cronenberg, Naima Elmcherqui
Moroccan actress Elmcherqui passed away on October 5 this year.
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NewsLina Soualem, Djanis Bouzyani, and Mouloud Ouyahia projects selected for Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops
The Atlas Workshops nurture and showcase projects by filmmakers from the MENA region.
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NewsThomas Vinterberg to chair Marrakech film festival jury
Danish filmmaker’s credits include ‘Another Round’ and ‘The Hunt’.
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NewsMorocco’s ‘The Mother of All Lies’ wins historic top prize at Marrakech
Further winners included Kamal Lazraq’s ‘Hounds’ and Lina Soualem’s ‘Bye Bye Tiberius’.
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NewsBuzzy Atlas Workshop project ‘The Camel Driving School’ adds international co-producers (exclusive)
‘The Camel Driving School’ is about a Moroccan woman who becomes part of a group of rebel women in her community.
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NewsTunisia’s ‘Motherhood’, Palestine’s ‘Amnesia’ grab top prizes at Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops
‘Motherhood’ is directed by Tunisa’s Meryam Joobeur while ‘Amnesia’ is by Palestine’s Dima Hamdam.
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FeaturesMélita Toscan du Plantier reveals the secret to attracting A-list talent to Marrakech
The French producer was instrumental in the creation of the festival with her husband, the late Daniel Toscan du Plantier.
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Features“I’m excited for my project to be out in the world”: Inside the ateliers of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops
The talent deveopment programme takes place in ateliers and has the feel of an artists’ residence.
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NewsMarrakech film festival opens with demure red carpets, denim-clad attendees and a low-key mood
However Jessica Chastain and her jury could be relied on for glamour.
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NewsMartin Scorsese forced to pull out of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops for “personal reasons”
The ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ director has to stay in New York.
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FeaturesMorocco’s Adnane Baraka turns to fiction for third film ‘We Don’t Forget’
“The narrative resonates with current uncertainties,” suggests Baraka, who is participating in the Atlas Workshops.
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FeaturesErige Sehiri reveals details of ‘Marie & Jolie’, her anticipated follow-up to ‘Under The Fig Trees’
“Visibility allows you to be heard more and sooner for the next film, but funding is just as difficult,” says the Tunisian director.
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FeaturesIsmaël El Iraki talks developing Atlas Workshops project ‘Wolfmother’ with France’s Bac Films
At $3m, the film noir is a “pretty ambitious project”, says the Moroccan director.
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FeaturesSenegalese filmmaker Rokhaya Marieme Balde’s on themes of “resistance and cultural preservation” in her debut feature
Balde’s feature debut ‘Seeking Aline’ is participating in Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops.
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News“I insist on quality”: Atlas Workshops’ Hédi Zardi on genre films and the growing appeal of Arab and African cinema
The Atlas Workshops feature the participation of Martin Scorsese as its first patron this year.
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FeaturesHow Marrakech is pushing on with its star-powered 2023 edition: “The festival needed to happen this year”
The festival runs November 24 to December 2.