MARRAKESH, Nov 12 ― The Marrakech International Film Festival returns to the Moroccan tourist hub this month, with organisers hoping to woo star-struck fans after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The festival, running from November 11-19, features emerging directors from across the world who will “shape the cinema of tomorrow”, according to Prince Moulay Rachid, who presides over the festival's foundation.won a foreign-language Oscar in 2014, is joined by French actor Tahar Rahim, Lebanese director Nadine Labaki and German-American actress Diane Kruger.
Artistic director Remi Bonhomme told AFP that the festival “brings together different cinematic worlds, through 76 films 33 countries covering all continents”., a remake of Carlo Collodi's animated tale by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro. Known for its conversational side events, the festival will give the public the chance to question Iran's two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi.