The Marrakech Film Festival unveiled its 2024 lineup on Thursday and set that Luca Guadagnino would replace Thomas Vinterberg as its jury president. The other jury members will be Andrew Garfield, Jacob Elordi, Virginie Efira, and Ali Abbasi. Vinterberg “had to excuse himself for family reasons,” festival organizers said.
The Marrakech fest on Thursday also unveiled the lineup for its competition, 11th Continent, and Moroccan Panorama sections, as well as gala and special screenings. In the competition, 14 films will compete for the Étoile d’Or, or Golden Star.
The 21st edition of the fest in Morocco will also honor Sean Penn, David Cronenberg and, posthumously, pay homage to Moroccan star Naïma Elmcherqui. The Marrakech fest takes place Nov. 29-Dec. 7.
Check out the full lineup for the 2024 edition below.
COMPETITION
ACROSS THE SEA (LA MER AU LOIN)
by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi / France, Morocco, Belgium
with Ayoub Gretaa, Anna Mouglalis, Grégoire Colin, Omar Boulakirba, Rym Foglia, Sarah Henochsberg
BOUND IN HEAVEN (KUN BANG SHANG TIAN TANG)
by Huo Xin / China
with Ni Ni, Zhou You, Liao Fan
THE COTTAGE (LA QUINTA)
by Silvina Schnicer / Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Chile
with Valentín Salavarrey, Milo Lis, Emma Cetrangolo, Cecilia Rainero, Sebastián Arzeno
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
by Scandar Copti / Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar
with Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun, Meirav Memoresky, Toufic Danial
HAPPYEND
by Neo Sora / Japan, USA
with Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka, Yuta Hayashi, Shina Peng, ARAZI, Kilala Inori
JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE (JANE AUSTEN A GÂCHÉ MA VIE)
by Laura Piani / France
with Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson
MA—CRY OF SILENCE
by The Maw Naing / Myanmar, Singapore, France, Norway, South Korea, Qatar
ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES (HEMME’NIN ÖLDÜĞÜ GÜNLERDEN BIRI)
by Murat Fıratoğlu / Türkiye
with Sefer Fıratoğlu, Salih Taşçı, Güneş Sayın, Ali Barkın Birkan, Murat Fıratoğlu, Fırat Bozan
PERFUMED WITH MINT
by 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)
by Dania Reymond-Boughenou / France, Belgium
with Khaled Benaïssa, Camélia Jordana, Shirine Boutella, Mehdi Ramdani
SUDAN, REMEMBER US (SOUDAN, SOUVIENS-TOI)
by Hind Meddeb / France, Tunisia, Qatar – Documentary
with Shajane Suliman, Ahmed Muzamil , Maha Elfaki, Khatab Ahmed
UNDER THE VOLCANO (POD WULKANEM)
by Damian Kocur / Poland
with Sofiia Berezovska, Roman Lutskyi, Anastasiia Karpienko, Fedir Pugachov
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
by Mo Harawe / Austria, France, Germany, Somalia
with Ahmed Ali Farah, Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban
THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT (ЧОНО ҮҮР ШӨНӨӨР ИРДЭГ)
by Gabrielle Brady / Australia, Mongolia, Germany – Documentary
GALA FILMS
Opening film
THE ORDER
by Justin Kurzel / Canada
with Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Marc Maron
EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA
by Nabil Ayouch / France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway
with Nisrin Erradi, Joud Chamihy, Jalila Talemsi, El Mostafa Boutankite, Lahcen Razzougui
FOURTH WALL (LE QUATRIÈME MUR)
by David Oelhoffen / France, Luxembourg, Belgium
with Laurent Lafitte, Simon Abkarian, Manal Issa
I’M STILL HERE (JE SUIS TOUJOURS LÀ / AINDA ESTOU AQUI)
by Walter Salles / Brazil, France
with Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Marc Maron
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (LES GRAINES DU FIGUIER SAUVAGE)
by Mohammad Rasoulof / Germany, France, Iran
with Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Reza Akhlaghi
THE SHROUDS (LES LINCEULS)
by David Cronenberg / France, Canada
with Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt
THE TIES THAT BIND US (L’ATTACHEMENT)
by Carine Tardieu / France, Belgium
with Pio Marmaï, César Botti, Valéria Bruni-Tedeschi, Raphaël Quenard
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
by Payal Kapadia / France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
with Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon
APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS (APOCALIPSE NOS TROPICOS)
by Petra Costa / Brazil – Documentary
BIRD
by Andrea Arnold / UK
with Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda, Jasmine Jobson, Frankie Box
THE BRINK OF DREAMS (LES FILLES DU NIL / RAFAAT EINY LL SAMA)
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
THE CAMP AT THIAROYE (CAMP DE THIAROYE)
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
CONCLAVE
by Edward Berger / USA, UK
with Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow
DIARIES FROM LEBANON
by Myriam El Hajj / Lebanon, France, Qatar – Documentary
with Joumana Haddad, Georges Moufarej, Perla Joe Maalouli
FANON
by 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 (EL JOCKEY)
by Luis Ortega / Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, USA
with Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Ursula Corberó, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Mariana di Girolamo
MIKADO
by Baya Kasmi / France
with Félix Moati, Ramzy Bedia, Vimala Pons
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
by Rungano Nyoni / Zambia, UK
with Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Henry B.J. Phiri
STRANGER EYES
by Yeo Siew Hua / Singapore, Taiwan, France, USA
with Lee Kang-Sheng, Wu Chien-ho, Anicca Panna, Vera Chen, Pete Teo, Xenia Tan
TO A LAND UNKNOWN
by Mahdi Fleifel / UK, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
with Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbah, Angeliki Papoulia, Mohammad Alsurafa, Monzer Reyahnah, Mouataz Alshaltouh
THE VANISHING (L’EFFACEMENT)
by Karim Moussaoui / France, Germany, Tunisia
with Sammy Lechea, Zar Amir
WHO DO I BELONG TO (MÉ EL AÏN)
by Meryam Joobeur / Tunisia, France, Canada
with Salha Nasraoui, Mohamed Hassine Grayaa, Malek Mechergui, Adam Bessa, Bya Liane, Rayen Mechergui
11th CONTINENT
A FIDAI FILM
by Kamal Aljafari / Palestine, Germany, Qatar, Brazil, France – Documentary
CABO NEGRO
by Abdellah Taïa / France, Maroc
with Youness Beyej, Oumaima Barid, Julian Compan
THE DAMNED
by Roberto Minervini / Italy, USA, Belgium
with Jeremiah Knupp, René W. Solomon, Cuyler Ballenger
GRAND TOUR
by Miguel Gomes / Portugal, Italy, France
with Crista Alfaiate, Gonçalo Waddington, Cláudio da Silva, Lang Khê Tran
GREEN LINE (GREEN LINE–L’ENFANT-CHAT)
by Sylvie Ballyot / France, Lebanon, Qatar – Documentary
with Fida Bizri
HIGHER THAN ACIDIC CLOUDS (BALATAR AZ BARHAYE ASIDI)
by Ali Asgari / Iran, Luxembourg – Documentary
with Ali Asgari
NATIONALITY: IMMIGRANT (NATIONALITÉ : IMMIGRÉ)
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
THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER (LES NUITS SENTENT ENCORE LA POUDRE A CANON / AS NOITES AINDA CHEIRAM A POLVORA)
by Inadelso Cossa / Mozambique, France, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway – Documentary
with Maria Estevão, Moises Langa, Inadelso Cossa
NO SLEEP TILL
by Alexandra Simpson / USA, Switzerland
with Jordan Coley, Taylor Benton, Xavier Brown-Sanders, Brynne Hofbauer, Bob Simpson, Justine Fabre, Violet Strickland
RISING UP AT NIGHT (TONGO SAA)
by Nelson Makengo / Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar – Documentary
ROCK BOTTOM
by María Trénor / Spain, Poland
with Fermi Herrero, Laura Casana
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (UNE LANGUE UNIVERSELLE)
by Matthew Rankin / Canada
with Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Sobhan Javadi, Pirouz Nemati, Matthew Rankin, Mani Soleymanlou
WISHING ON A STAR
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
MOROCCAN PANORAMA
(Y)OUR MOTHER (LES MIENNES)
by 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
THE BLUE LAKE (AL MARJA ZARQA)
by Daoud Aoulad-Syad / Morocco
with Mohamed Khouyi, Hasna Tamtaoui, Youssef Kadir, Mohamed Azelarab Kaghat, Salem Daballa, Ranya Chani
NOCTURNAL SONATA (SONATA LAYLIA)
by Abdeslam Kelaï / Morocco
with Nada Haddaoui, Saad Mouaffak, Malika El Omari, Yazid Madine
SINCE I WAS BORN (PUISQUE JE SUIS NÉE)
by Jawad Rhalib / Morocco, Belgium
with Zahira Id Ali, Mohamed Id Ali
THE THOUSAND AND ONE DAYS OF HAJJ EDMOND (LES MILLE ET UN JOURS DU HAJJ EDMOND)
by Simone Bitton / Morocco, France – Documentary
with Mohamed Tozy, Leïla Shahid, Dominique Eddé, Mohamed Berrada, Hassan Bourkia, Khalil El Ghrib
CINEMA FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES & FAMILIES
DOUNIA, THE GREAT WHITE NORTH (DOUNIA, LE GRAND PAYS BLANC)
by Marya Zarif, André Kadi / Canada
with Manuel Tadros, Rahaf Ataya, Elza Mardirossian, Léa-Kim Lafrance-Leroux, Haydan Quitich, Mariette Niquay Ottawa
FLOW
by Gints Zilbalodis / Latvia, France, Belgium
L’BATAL
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)
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 SORROW (KABHI KUSHI KABHIE GHAM)
by Karan Johar / India
with Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor
THREE ROBBERS AND A LION (FOLK OG RØVERE I KARDEMOMME)
by Rasmus A. Sivertsen / Norway
with Anders Baasmo, Herman Breum-Lie, Hedda Grjotheim, Mads Hansen, Thorbjørn Harr, Sol Heilo, Aksel Hennie
