Director Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi dedicates award to ‘women of Iran and younger generation.’
Iranian director Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi’s directorial debut drama A Tale of Shemroon won the Marrakech International’s Film Festival’s Etoile d’Or grand prize as the nine-day festival wrapped its 19th in-person edition over the weekend.
The Farsi and French-language film takes place north of Tehran and follows a boy and his younger brother who, following the death of their mother, attempt to launch a quick money-making business to help their family, but end up getting caught up in an illegal drug trade and Tehran’s wealthy world of corruption.
Iranian director Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi’s directorial debut drama A Tale of Shemroon won the Marrakech International’s Film Festival’s Etoile d’Or grand prize as the nine-day festival wrapped its 19th in-person edition over the weekend.
The Farsi and French-language film takes place north of Tehran and follows a boy and his younger brother who, following the death of their mother, attempt to launch a quick money-making business to help their family, but end up getting caught up in an illegal drug trade and Tehran’s wealthy world of corruption.
- 11/20/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Iranian director Emad Aleebrahim-Dehkordi’s feature directorial debut A Tale Of Shemroon won the top Étoile d’Or—the Festival Grand Prize – at the Marrakech International Film Festival on Saturday.
The feature, which was among 14 first and second films competing in the festival’s main competition, world premiered in the San Sebastian’s New Directors section earlier this year.
Set in contemporary Tehran, the timely work revolves around two brothers living with their invalid father, and still reeling from their mother’s death.
The older brother hits on a moneymaking scheme to break out of the family’s humdrum existence which brings him to contact with the city’s gilded youth, but things do not go to plan.
Oscar-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino was president of the jury this year, joined by British actress Vanessa Kirby German actor Diane Kruger Australian director Justin Kurzel, Lebanese director and actor Nadine Labaki,...
The feature, which was among 14 first and second films competing in the festival’s main competition, world premiered in the San Sebastian’s New Directors section earlier this year.
Set in contemporary Tehran, the timely work revolves around two brothers living with their invalid father, and still reeling from their mother’s death.
The older brother hits on a moneymaking scheme to break out of the family’s humdrum existence which brings him to contact with the city’s gilded youth, but things do not go to plan.
Oscar-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino was president of the jury this year, joined by British actress Vanessa Kirby German actor Diane Kruger Australian director Justin Kurzel, Lebanese director and actor Nadine Labaki,...
- 11/19/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
For years Morocco’s lone female director, Farida Benlyazid forged an untrodden path, exploring Moroccan women’s stories onscreen while opening new doors into the industry on the strength of personal passion and perseverance. And so, when Benlyazid took the stage to receive a tribute at the Marrakech Film Festival on Wednesday, the trailblazing filmmaker accepted the festival’s trophy as a kind of lifetime achievement honor for a career with very few equals.
Addressing a packed house replete with local press, adoring fans, and festival guests, Benlyazid struck familiar and familial tones, singling out each of her children and grandchildren who sat beaming behind jury president Paolo Sorrentino. Introduced as “The Lady from Tangiers,” the filmmaker retraced the steps of her career, tying her artistic evolution into her personal life’s journey, which began in that polyglot city.
“In my childhood, Tangiers was international city,” said Benlyazid as she recalled the abundance of Spanish,...
Addressing a packed house replete with local press, adoring fans, and festival guests, Benlyazid struck familiar and familial tones, singling out each of her children and grandchildren who sat beaming behind jury president Paolo Sorrentino. Introduced as “The Lady from Tangiers,” the filmmaker retraced the steps of her career, tying her artistic evolution into her personal life’s journey, which began in that polyglot city.
“In my childhood, Tangiers was international city,” said Benlyazid as she recalled the abundance of Spanish,...
- 11/18/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, who will be conferred with the Etoile d’Or award, will be conducting his maiden acting masterclass at Marrakesh International Film Festival in presence of cinematic icons like Oscar Isaac, Marion Cotillard and Tilda Swinton.
The festival will also screen three milestone films of Ranveer’s glorious career so far – ‘Bajirao Mastani’, ‘Gully Boy’ and ‘Padmaavat’.
These screenings will be attended by the icons of world cinema like Paolo Sorrentino, James Gray, Marion Cotillard, Suzanne Bier, Oscar Isaac, Vanessa Kirby, Diane Kruger, Justin Kurzel, Essie Davis, Nadine Labaki, Laa-la Marrakchi, Tahar Rahim, Farida Benlyazid, to name a few.
Ranveer will be honoured with Etoile d’or at the 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival, this year.
The festival will pay tribute to Ranveer Singh and will honour him with the title which has been previously received by the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.
The festival will also screen three milestone films of Ranveer’s glorious career so far – ‘Bajirao Mastani’, ‘Gully Boy’ and ‘Padmaavat’.
These screenings will be attended by the icons of world cinema like Paolo Sorrentino, James Gray, Marion Cotillard, Suzanne Bier, Oscar Isaac, Vanessa Kirby, Diane Kruger, Justin Kurzel, Essie Davis, Nadine Labaki, Laa-la Marrakchi, Tahar Rahim, Farida Benlyazid, to name a few.
Ranveer will be honoured with Etoile d’or at the 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival, this year.
The festival will pay tribute to Ranveer Singh and will honour him with the title which has been previously received by the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.
- 11/10/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Bollywood star Ranveer Singh will be honoured with Etoile d’or at the 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival, this year. The festival will pay tribute to Ranveer Singh and will honour him with the title which has been previously received by the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.
Along with Ranveer, iconic Scottish actor Tilda Swinton, renowned US filmmaker James Gray and Moroccan film pioneer and director Farida Benlyazid will also receive this honour, in keeping with the festival’s tradition of celebrating cinema in all its diversity.
Reacting to the development, Ranveer said in a statement: “I’m deeply humbled and thrilled to be receiving a tribute which recognises my body of work along with this very, very special honour, the Etoile d’Or! The Marrakech International Film Festival is one of the most respected film events in the world, bringing together...
Along with Ranveer, iconic Scottish actor Tilda Swinton, renowned US filmmaker James Gray and Moroccan film pioneer and director Farida Benlyazid will also receive this honour, in keeping with the festival’s tradition of celebrating cinema in all its diversity.
Reacting to the development, Ranveer said in a statement: “I’m deeply humbled and thrilled to be receiving a tribute which recognises my body of work along with this very, very special honour, the Etoile d’Or! The Marrakech International Film Festival is one of the most respected film events in the world, bringing together...
- 10/27/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Moroccan filmmaker Farida Benlyazid and US director James Gray will also be feted.
Tilda Swinton, James Gray and Moroccan film pioneer Farida Benlyazid are to be honoured at the upcoming Marrakech International Film Festival with tribute awards.
Returning for its first in-person event in three years from November 11-19, Marrakech’s comeback edition will also celebrate Indian actor Ranveer Singh with the festival’s honorary Etoile d’Or prize as well as hosting an “In Conversation” series with some of global cinema’s top talents including Singh, Gray, UK actor Jeremy Irons, French actor/filmmaker Julie Delpy, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi,...
Tilda Swinton, James Gray and Moroccan film pioneer Farida Benlyazid are to be honoured at the upcoming Marrakech International Film Festival with tribute awards.
Returning for its first in-person event in three years from November 11-19, Marrakech’s comeback edition will also celebrate Indian actor Ranveer Singh with the festival’s honorary Etoile d’Or prize as well as hosting an “In Conversation” series with some of global cinema’s top talents including Singh, Gray, UK actor Jeremy Irons, French actor/filmmaker Julie Delpy, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The Marrakech Film Festival will honor a quartet of renowned film personalities at its 2022 edition.
Honorees who will receive the festival’s Étoile d’or (Golden Star) include Scottish actor Tilda Swinton (“The Eternal Daughter”), U.S. filmmaker James Gray (“Armageddon Time”), Moroccan film pioneer and director Farida Benlyazid (“The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni”) and Bollywood star Ranveer Singh (“’83”).
The festival has also revealed a raft of well-known names who will participate in In Conversation events. They include British actor Jeremy Irons (“House of Gucci”), French actor and director Julie Delpy (“My Zoe”), Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi (“A Hero”), French filmmaker Julia Ducournau (“Titane”), U.S. filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (“The Dead Don’t Die”), French actor Marina Foïs (“The Sitting Duck”), Swedish director Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”), French filmmaker Léos Carax (“Annette”) and Franco-Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared (“Scarlet”).
Singh said: “The notion that my craft has resonated in Africa is hugely gratifying.
Honorees who will receive the festival’s Étoile d’or (Golden Star) include Scottish actor Tilda Swinton (“The Eternal Daughter”), U.S. filmmaker James Gray (“Armageddon Time”), Moroccan film pioneer and director Farida Benlyazid (“The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni”) and Bollywood star Ranveer Singh (“’83”).
The festival has also revealed a raft of well-known names who will participate in In Conversation events. They include British actor Jeremy Irons (“House of Gucci”), French actor and director Julie Delpy (“My Zoe”), Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi (“A Hero”), French filmmaker Julia Ducournau (“Titane”), U.S. filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (“The Dead Don’t Die”), French actor Marina Foïs (“The Sitting Duck”), Swedish director Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”), French filmmaker Léos Carax (“Annette”) and Franco-Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared (“Scarlet”).
Singh said: “The notion that my craft has resonated in Africa is hugely gratifying.
- 10/27/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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The 2022 Marrakech Film Festival will pay tribute to talents from four continents this year, with Scottish actor Tilda Swinton, U.S. director James Gray, Bollywood superstar Ranveer Singh and pioneering Moroccan filmmaker Farida Benlyazid all receiving the festival’s Étoile d’or, or Golden Star, honor for their contributions to cinema.
Swinton, an Oscar winner for Michael Clayton (2007), most recently appeared in a doppelgänger performance as a filmmaker and her elderly mother in Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, her third film with the British director. In a statement, Swinton called the Étoile d’or honor “truly touching. To return [to Marrakech] to celebrate with my friends this exceptional forum for world cinema and the perpetual global fellowship of film love with the beautiful audience there will be a pure joy for which I am deeply grateful.”
Tilda Swinton in ‘The Eternal Daughter’
Veteran filmmaker Gray,...
The 2022 Marrakech Film Festival will pay tribute to talents from four continents this year, with Scottish actor Tilda Swinton, U.S. director James Gray, Bollywood superstar Ranveer Singh and pioneering Moroccan filmmaker Farida Benlyazid all receiving the festival’s Étoile d’or, or Golden Star, honor for their contributions to cinema.
Swinton, an Oscar winner for Michael Clayton (2007), most recently appeared in a doppelgänger performance as a filmmaker and her elderly mother in Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, her third film with the British director. In a statement, Swinton called the Étoile d’or honor “truly touching. To return [to Marrakech] to celebrate with my friends this exceptional forum for world cinema and the perpetual global fellowship of film love with the beautiful audience there will be a pure joy for which I am deeply grateful.”
Tilda Swinton in ‘The Eternal Daughter’
Veteran filmmaker Gray,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Festival returns for its first in-person event in three years from November 11-19.
Tilda Swinton and Moroccan film pioneer and director Farida Benlyazid are to be honoured at the upcoming Marrakech International Film Festival with tribute awards.
Returning for its first in-person event in three years from November 11-19, Marrakech’s comeback edition will also honour Indian actor Ranveer Singh with the festival’s Etoile d’Or prize as well as hosting an “In Conversation” series with some of global cinema’s top talents including Singh, UK actor Jeremy Irons, French actor/filmmaker Julie Delpy and Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.
Tilda Swinton and Moroccan film pioneer and director Farida Benlyazid are to be honoured at the upcoming Marrakech International Film Festival with tribute awards.
Returning for its first in-person event in three years from November 11-19, Marrakech’s comeback edition will also honour Indian actor Ranveer Singh with the festival’s Etoile d’Or prize as well as hosting an “In Conversation” series with some of global cinema’s top talents including Singh, UK actor Jeremy Irons, French actor/filmmaker Julie Delpy and Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.
- 10/26/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Irrfan Khan, Christina Voros and Catherine Dussart to preside over feature competition juries; seven world premieres of Arab films in feature competitions.
Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 1) has released the names of its jury members, who will select the award winners of this year’s Adff competitions.
This year’s Narrative Features jury led by Mumbai-based actor Irrfan Khan (The Lunchbox, Life of Pi) will be rounded out by Algerian novelist and academic Waciny Laredj, award-winning English writer-director Steven Shainberg, Australian film director Cate Shortland and Palestinian actor Ali Suliman.
The panel evaluating the New Horizons section led by Paris-based film producer Catherine Dussart (The Missing Picture) includes Syrian actor Bassel Al Khayat, Moroccan filmmaker Leila Kilani, Geneva-based Indian filmmaker Anup Singh and film critic Charles Tesson, artistic director of Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival.
Heading the Documentary Features jury is Brooklyn-based director and cinematographer Christina Voros. The other jury...
Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 1) has released the names of its jury members, who will select the award winners of this year’s Adff competitions.
This year’s Narrative Features jury led by Mumbai-based actor Irrfan Khan (The Lunchbox, Life of Pi) will be rounded out by Algerian novelist and academic Waciny Laredj, award-winning English writer-director Steven Shainberg, Australian film director Cate Shortland and Palestinian actor Ali Suliman.
The panel evaluating the New Horizons section led by Paris-based film producer Catherine Dussart (The Missing Picture) includes Syrian actor Bassel Al Khayat, Moroccan filmmaker Leila Kilani, Geneva-based Indian filmmaker Anup Singh and film critic Charles Tesson, artistic director of Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival.
Heading the Documentary Features jury is Brooklyn-based director and cinematographer Christina Voros. The other jury...
- 10/20/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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