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NewsPalestinian film ‘Happy Holidays’ heads winners at Marrakech Film Festival
Film took the Étoile d’Or and a joint best actress award.
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NewsLina Soualem, Morad Mostafa among winners of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshop prizes
Mostafa, a Screen Arab Star Of Tomorrow, received the post-production prize for ‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ while Soualem won the Artekino International prize for ‘Alicante’.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino reflects on North African roots at opening of Marrakech film festival
Guadadigno heads the competition jury of this year’s festival.
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FeaturesAtlas Workshops’ Hédi Zardi on why the programme has extended to include a business focus
Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops are now five days long in person, extending even longer online.
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NewsKaouther Ben Hania, Maryam Touzani projects among 24 backed by Eurimages
16 of the 24 projects funded are to be directed or co-directed by women, representing over 75% of the total funding awarded.
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FeaturesMarrakech artistic director Remi Bonhomme on the need for "passionate voices" in cinema
The artistic director of Marrakech International Film Festival discusses the importance of establishing the event as a significant global launchpad for films and talent from Morocco, the African continent and the Arab-speaking world.
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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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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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News“Kenya is losing $2.2m a day to piracy”: Challenges, opportunities for African distributors in spotlight
The debate took place at the International Film Distribution Summit (IFDS) in Cologne.
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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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NewsAsmae El Moudir lines up first fiction feature ‘Holy Cow’ (exclusive)
El Moudir won the Best Director award in Un Certain Regard last year with her documentary The Mother of All Lies.
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Reviews‘Everybody Loves Touda’: Cannes Review
Nabil Ayouch travels to a rowdy Casablanca bar for this musically-driven drama starring Nisrin Erradi
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Reviews‘Backstage’: Red Sea Review
Members of a Moroccan dance troup find themselves lost in the woods in this spellbinding drama
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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
Sammy Baloji‘Motherhood’ is directed by Tunisa’s Meryam Joobeur while ‘Amnesia’ is by Palestine’s Dima Hamdam.
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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.