The festival takes place November 11-19.
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino will preside over the main jury for the 19th Marrakech International Film Festival (November 11-19).
Screening in official competition will be 14 first or second films which compete for the Étoile d’Or award for best film.
The Hand Of God director previously served as a member of Marrakech’s jury in 2013.
This is the first time the festival will run since the pandemic with the Étoile d’Or having last been won in 2019 by both Yixiang Zhai’s Mosaic Portrait and Nicolás Rincón Gille’s Valley Of Souls.
Toronto 2022 preview:...
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino will preside over the main jury for the 19th Marrakech International Film Festival (November 11-19).
Screening in official competition will be 14 first or second films which compete for the Étoile d’Or award for best film.
The Hand Of God director previously served as a member of Marrakech’s jury in 2013.
This is the first time the festival will run since the pandemic with the Étoile d’Or having last been won in 2019 by both Yixiang Zhai’s Mosaic Portrait and Nicolás Rincón Gille’s Valley Of Souls.
Toronto 2022 preview:...
- 9/7/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino has been named as jury president of Morocco’s Marrakech International Film Festival, which will run as a physical event for the first time in three years from 11 to 19 November.
The Oscar-winning The Great Beauty and nominated The Hand Of God filmmaker previously attended the festival in 2013, as a member of the jury presided over by Martin Scorsese alongside Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani and Park Chan-wook among others.
“The Marrakech International Film Festival is for me the place where the dream of watching numerous films with Martin Scorsese, and of spending days talking about cinema with him and other talented colleagues, came true,” said Sorrentino.
The jury awards the festival’s Golden Star (Étoile d’Or) to one of the 14 first or second feature films in the international competition. Recent winners include Austrian director Sudabeh Mortezai’s Joy (2018) and Colombian filmmaker Nicolas Rincon Gille’s Valley...
The Oscar-winning The Great Beauty and nominated The Hand Of God filmmaker previously attended the festival in 2013, as a member of the jury presided over by Martin Scorsese alongside Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani and Park Chan-wook among others.
“The Marrakech International Film Festival is for me the place where the dream of watching numerous films with Martin Scorsese, and of spending days talking about cinema with him and other talented colleagues, came true,” said Sorrentino.
The jury awards the festival’s Golden Star (Étoile d’Or) to one of the 14 first or second feature films in the international competition. Recent winners include Austrian director Sudabeh Mortezai’s Joy (2018) and Colombian filmmaker Nicolas Rincon Gille’s Valley...
- 9/7/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The tale of a fisherman’s quest to retrieve his sons’ bodies during Colombia’s reign of terror manages to find beauty and even tragicomedy amid the darkness
“I thank those who have agreed to revisit these dark times,” reads the title card that closes this drama about a fisherman’s harrowing journey to retrieve the bodies of his two sons. Set in 2002, in the middle of the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia’s (Auc’s) reign of terror, the film sees José (José Arley de Jesús Carvallido Lobo) drift downriver in his solitary canoe, scouring the debris that has washed up on the beach in search of clues. He knows it is forbidden to remove bodies from their unmarked grave – the otherwise gorgeous Magdalena river.
José’s personal quest mirrors the political project of the Belgian-Colombian writer and director Nicolás Rincón Gille; both seek to preserve those who have...
“I thank those who have agreed to revisit these dark times,” reads the title card that closes this drama about a fisherman’s harrowing journey to retrieve the bodies of his two sons. Set in 2002, in the middle of the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia’s (Auc’s) reign of terror, the film sees José (José Arley de Jesús Carvallido Lobo) drift downriver in his solitary canoe, scouring the debris that has washed up on the beach in search of clues. He knows it is forbidden to remove bodies from their unmarked grave – the otherwise gorgeous Magdalena river.
José’s personal quest mirrors the political project of the Belgian-Colombian writer and director Nicolás Rincón Gille; both seek to preserve those who have...
- 4/17/2021
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
Following our top 50 films of 2019, we’re sharing personal top 10 lists from our contributors. Check out the latest below and see our complete year-end coverage here.
Arguably the defining film discourse this year was ignited when Martin Scorsese compared Marvel movies to theme parks. Fans got defensive, which is understandable given the passionate, apparently inexhaustible love for Iron Man & Co. But when you take a look at the box office receipts of 2019, you realize it’s the moviegoers of this world who seem to have decided (with their wallets) that everything else they find at the cinemas are not movies.
This is not to suggest that no non-Marvel films did well financially. But that is becoming more and more the exception and the general consumer preference has gotten so lopsided it’s hard not to read it as a categorical rejection of anything original, unfamiliar, not based on pre-existing IP.
Arguably the defining film discourse this year was ignited when Martin Scorsese compared Marvel movies to theme parks. Fans got defensive, which is understandable given the passionate, apparently inexhaustible love for Iron Man & Co. But when you take a look at the box office receipts of 2019, you realize it’s the moviegoers of this world who seem to have decided (with their wallets) that everything else they find at the cinemas are not movies.
This is not to suggest that no non-Marvel films did well financially. But that is becoming more and more the exception and the general consumer preference has gotten so lopsided it’s hard not to read it as a categorical rejection of anything original, unfamiliar, not based on pre-existing IP.
- 1/1/2020
- by Zhuo-Ning Su
- The Film Stage
The 18th edition of the Marrakech Intl. Film Festival awarded the Etoile d’Or for best film to Colombia’s “Valley of Souls,” directed by Nicolás Rincón Gille. In his acceptance speech the director said: “Colombia is a country that people know very little about. But in this film I try to offer a glimpse of the country and make us realize how we are connected at the deepest human level.”
The Jury Prize was awarded, ex aequo, to Saudi Arabian pic “Last Visit” by Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan, who expressed his thanks to his cast and crew, and Chinese film “Mosaic Portrait” by Zhai Yixiang, who said: “I saw a lot of mosaics here in Marrakech, so I think I came to the right place.”
Best directing prize was awarded to the Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim for his visually striking “Tlamess.” He dedicated the award to “all people who have...
The Jury Prize was awarded, ex aequo, to Saudi Arabian pic “Last Visit” by Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan, who expressed his thanks to his cast and crew, and Chinese film “Mosaic Portrait” by Zhai Yixiang, who said: “I saw a lot of mosaics here in Marrakech, so I think I came to the right place.”
Best directing prize was awarded to the Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim for his visually striking “Tlamess.” He dedicated the award to “all people who have...
- 12/8/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
“Deliver me from evil,” murmurs fisherman José (Arley De Jesús Carvallido Lobo) into clasped hands before he puts on his hat, steps into his canoe and sets off down the Magdalena River, delivering himself directly into evil. The placid waterway that is the thematic and geographical spine of writer-director Nicolás Rincón Gille’s unfeasibly gripping, slow-scorching feature debut flows through Colombia’s Bolivar region, and back in 2002, when “Valley of Souls” is set, it bore witness to untold barbarism as part of the nation’s drawn-out internal conflict. Gille imagines one such instance of arbitrary violence — tiny in the grand scheme of things — and creates from it a film of astonishing power, as the simple story of José’s quest to find the bodies of his murdered sons quietly floods its banks to become a mythic act of memorialization.
José, having hidden out for the night rather than cross...
José, having hidden out for the night rather than cross...
- 10/6/2019
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
The Rome Film Festival (October 17-27) has unveiled its 2019 official selection, which includes Downton Abbey, Waves, Judy, The Aeronauts, Hustlers and Werner Herzog documentary Nomad[/link] about writer Bruce Chatwin.
A total of 33 films and documentaries will play in the official lineup (full list below). As previously announced, the fest will open with Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will have a centerpiece screening. Only two Italian movies are included in the main selection.
The festival also revealed a pre-opening October 16 world premiere for John Turturro’s anticipated The Big Lebowski spinoff, The Jesus Rolls, which follows Lebowski character Jesus Quintana.
The impressive lineup of onstage interviews includes Bill Murray and Viola Davis – both of whom will receive lifetime achievement awards – Fanny Ardant, Olivier Assayas, Ethan Coen, Benicio Del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Ron Howard, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Edward Norton, Bertrand Tavernier, John Travolta and Jia Zhangke.
A total of 33 films and documentaries will play in the official lineup (full list below). As previously announced, the fest will open with Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will have a centerpiece screening. Only two Italian movies are included in the main selection.
The festival also revealed a pre-opening October 16 world premiere for John Turturro’s anticipated The Big Lebowski spinoff, The Jesus Rolls, which follows Lebowski character Jesus Quintana.
The impressive lineup of onstage interviews includes Bill Murray and Viola Davis – both of whom will receive lifetime achievement awards – Fanny Ardant, Olivier Assayas, Ethan Coen, Benicio Del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Ron Howard, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Edward Norton, Bertrand Tavernier, John Travolta and Jia Zhangke.
- 10/4/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Promising projects from Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East will be showcased for international co-production opportunities.
The Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprising 15 projects in development from upcoming director talent.
The 12th edition of the showcase will give the invited directors and their producers access to potential funding partners during the festival in a bid to accelerate completion of the films. The titles include:
Abou Leila Amin Sidi-Boumediène (Algeria)La Cordillera Santiago Mitre (Argentina)Tantas Almas Nicolás Rincón Gille (Colombia)Ni dieux ni maîtres Eric Cherrière (France)Memories and My Mother Aditya Vikram Sengupta (India)Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Mouly Surya (Indonesia)Daoud’s Winter Koutaiba Al Janabi (Iraq)Death In Bed David Volach (Israel)Sow The Wind Danilo Caputo (Italy)Femme Fatale Kyoko Miyake (Japan)The Whole-Timers Bibhusan Basnet & Pooja Gurung (Nepal)Animas José Ortuño (Spain)My Favorite Fabric Gaya Jiji (Syria)Iguana Tokyo Kaan Müjdeci...
The Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprising 15 projects in development from upcoming director talent.
The 12th edition of the showcase will give the invited directors and their producers access to potential funding partners during the festival in a bid to accelerate completion of the films. The titles include:
Abou Leila Amin Sidi-Boumediène (Algeria)La Cordillera Santiago Mitre (Argentina)Tantas Almas Nicolás Rincón Gille (Colombia)Ni dieux ni maîtres Eric Cherrière (France)Memories and My Mother Aditya Vikram Sengupta (India)Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Mouly Surya (Indonesia)Daoud’s Winter Koutaiba Al Janabi (Iraq)Death In Bed David Volach (Israel)Sow The Wind Danilo Caputo (Italy)Femme Fatale Kyoko Miyake (Japan)The Whole-Timers Bibhusan Basnet & Pooja Gurung (Nepal)Animas José Ortuño (Spain)My Favorite Fabric Gaya Jiji (Syria)Iguana Tokyo Kaan Müjdeci...
- 3/7/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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