twenty first Marrakech International Film Festival pronounces members in ‘dialog’ program

The personalities collaborating within the Marrakech International Film Festival’s “Conversation” sequence program was introduced on Friday.

18 main personalities—administrators, actors, scriptwriters, and producers from six continents—are anticipated in Marrakech this yr. They are invited to share anecdotes and candid discussions about their imaginative and prescient and follow of their career with festival-goers, in response to the organizers’ press launch.

One of probably the most eagerly awaited occasions of the Festival, the Conversations program returns for a sequence of wealthy and thrilling exchanges with main figures from the world of cinema.

The Conversations program of this twenty first version of the Festival can be attended by Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival award-winners, says the identical supply.

They are US director, screenwriter, and producer Tim Burton; Canadian director and screenwriter David Cronenberg; Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer Alfonso Cuaro n; US director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay; US director and screenwriter Todd Haynes; Australian director and screenwriter Justin Kurzel; French director and screenwriter François Ozon; British actor Gemma Arterton.

It additionally entails US actor and director Sean Penn; Iranian director, screenwriter, and producer Mohammad Rasoulof; Brazilian director and screenwriter Walter Salles; Russian director and screenwriter Kirill Serebrennikov; Mauritanian director and screenwriter Abderrahmane Sissako; and French director and screenwriter Justine Triet.

Moroccan filmmakers Alaa Eddine Aljem, Yasmine Benkiran, Ismaël El Iraki, and Kamal Lazraq can be in dialog about their first movies.

The “Conversation” sequence presents the general public the chance to fulfill among the largest names in cinema from all throughout the globe, notes the assertion.

The “Conversation” program proposes a sequence of conferences with famend filmmakers and artists, going down from November 30 to December 7. Highlights embody Justine Triet and Tim Burton on November 30, adopted by David Cronenberg and Alfonso Cuarón on December 1.

On December 2, Ava DuVernay and Walter Salles will converse, whereas François Ozon and Justin Kurzel are scheduled for December 3. Kirill Serebrennikov and Sean Penn will take the stage on December 4, and Mohammad Rasoulof and Gemma Arterton on December 5.

A cross-conversation will convey collectively Alaa Eddine Aljem, Yasmine Benkiran, Ismael El Iraki, and Kamal Lazraq on December 6, earlier than Todd Haynes concludes the day. Finally, Abderrahmane Sissako will shut this wealthy program on Saturday, December 7, at 11 a.m.

This yr, the Conversations program can be held in a brand new house: the theater within the Meydene cultural middle, situated within the M Avenue complicated near the Palais des Congrès de Marrakech.