MARRAKECH 2011-Press Kit - Le Public Système Cinéma

11th Edition
December 2 to 10, 2011
PRESS BOOK
LIST OF CONTENTS
-THE FILMS
THE FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
THE CINÉCOLES SHORT FILM COMPETITION
OUT OF COMPETITION
OPENING AND CLOSING FILMS
MOROCCAN CINEMA AT HEART
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-THE JURIES
THE FEATURE FILM JURY
PAST JURIES AND AWARD WINNERS
THE SHORT FILM JURY
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-THE TRIBUTES
MOHAMED BASTAOUI
MARCO BELLOCCHIO
TERRY GILLIAM
SHAH RUKH KHAN
FOREST WHITAKER
ROSCHDY ZEM
GENERATION MEXIQUE
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- CINEMA FOR THE BLIND
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- PLACE JEMAA EL FNA
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- MASTERCLASS
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- THE PARTNERS
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- FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION
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THE FILMS
THE FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
180°
Switzerland
By Cihan Inan
1st film
Starring Christopher Buchholz, Sophie Rois, Michael Neuenschwander, Asli Bayram, Siir Eloglu, Carla
Juri, Güven Kirac, Mehmet Atesci, Firat Kaplan, Umut Yildirim
Early evening in a big city. A teenage couple shyly flirt with each other, a housewife sits down to
watch a daily soap, nurses in a hospital gossip before the nightshift starts, a trendy couple drives
through rush hour, so excited they can hardly wait to get home, a man with a rifle enters a building
seeking revenge. In the blink of an eye seemingly unrelated events turn upside down what were once
secure, happy, “normal” lives.
Production: C-FILMS
Ph: +41 44 253 65 55 - Email: c-films@c-films.ch
BABY FACTORY (Bahay bata)
By Eduardo Roy Jr. & Almond L. Derla
Starring Diana Zubiri, Sue Prado, Yul Servo, Mailes Kanapi, Janna Tiangco
Philippines
1st film
Sarah is a nurse at a Public Maternity Hospital. The hospital is short on staff on Christmas Day so
Sarah is forced to put in a double shift. The wards are over-crowded: two women and their babies
sharing single beds while those in labor are spilling unto the hallways. Sarah takes these all in stride,
her heart and mind laboring over her own personal pains.
World Sales: IGNATIUS FILMS
Ph: + 63 45 323 6899 - Email: ignatiusfilmscanada@yahoo.ca
BELVEDERE
Bosnia-Herzegovina
By Ahmed Imamović
1st film
Starring Sadžida Šetić, Nermin Tulić, Minka Muftić, Armin Rizavnović, Adis Omerović
This is an intimate story of the survivors of Srebrenica genocide facing a world of contrasts. On one
hand, there is their relentless search for the truth while, on the other, there are trivialities of everyday
realities of transitional society obsessed with reality shows used as a device to fabricate individuals
characterized by superficiality. And when these two worlds collide in a dysfunctional society, a bomb
starts its countdown.
Production: COMPREX PRODUCTION SARAJEVO
Ph: +387 33 650 615 - Email: comprex@bih.net.ba
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DEATH IS MY PROFESSION (Marg kasb va kare man ast)
Iran
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By Amir Hossein Saghafi
1 film
Starring Pejman Bazeghi, Amir Aghaei, Maryam Boobani, Sonia Espahram, Mahchehreh Khalili, Akbar
Sangi, Ramin Rastad
Three ordinary workers in Iran’s alpine region face hardships in providing for their families and end up
trying to sell stolen high-voltage power lines. During the burglary, they accidentally kill someone and
wind up fugitives…
World Sales: SHEHERAZAD MEDIA INTERNATIONAL
Ph: +98 21 22 86 32 60 - E-mail: sheherazad@smediaint.com
DON'T BE AFRAID (No tengas miedo)
Spain
By Montxo Armendariz
8th film
Starring Michelle Jenner, Lluis Homar, Belén Rueda, Nuria Gago, Cristina Plazas, Rubén Ochandiano,
Javier Pereira
Silvia is a young girl marked by a dark childhood. When she is hardly twenty-five, she decides to start
over and to face people, feelings and emotions that keep her bound to the past. In her fight against
adversity and against herself, she will learn to control her fears and become an adult, responsible for
her own actions.
World Sales: FUNNY BALLOONS
Ph: +33 1 40 13 05 86 - Email: info@funny-balloons.com
I CARRIED YOU HOME (Padang besar)
Thailand
By Tongpong Chantarangkul
1st film
Starring Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Akhamsiri Suwannasuk, Torphong Kul-on, Porntip Kamlung
A mother comes to Bangkok to visit her teenage daughter, Pann, who lies to her to avoid spending
time with her. Soon after Pann returns to her friends, she receives a phone call from her aunt in tears
that her Mum has been in a terrible accident and is in a coma. Pann hurries to contact her elder sister,
Pinn, who had run away from her marriage to Singapore to start a new life away from family
constraints. Both of them will be forced to spend time together and to slowly begin to open up to
each other again.
World Sales: TRITON COMPANY
Ph: +66 2662 2777 - Email: pump@tritonfilm.com
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LAND OF OBLIVION (La Terre outragée)
France/Allemagne/Pologne
By Michale Boganim
1st film
Starring Olga Kurylenko, Illya Iosivof, Andrzej Chyra, Vyacheslav Slanko, Serguei Strelnikov, Nikita
Emshanov
April 26, 1986. On that day, Anya and Piotr celebrate their marriage. Little Valery and his father
Alexei, a physicist at the power station in Chernobyl, plant an apple tree. Nikolai, the forest warden,
makes his rounds in the surrounding woods. Then, an accident occurs at the power station.
Insidiously, the radioactivity transforms nature. Piotr, a volunteer fireman, leaves to extinguish the
flames. He never returns. A few days later, the population is evacuated. Alexei, forced to keep silent
by the authorities, prefers to disappear. Ten years later, the city of Pripiat has become a no man’s
land and a bizarre tourist attraction...
World Sales: LE PACTE
Ph: +33 1 44 69 59 59 - Email: sales@le-pacte.com
LOUISE WIMMER
France
By Cyril Mennegun
1st film
Starring Corinne Masiero, Jérôme Kircher, Anne Benoît, Marie Kremer, Jean-Marc Roulot, Frédéric
Gorny
Louise Wimmer goes from one small job to another. Despite her loud speech and tall height, she‘d
rather stay alone to avoid any conflict. Her past life is now far behind her and everything she owns is
in her car. At the dawn of her fifties, she lost everything when separating from her husband, but she
wants to make it by herself. Nonetheless it is only if she accepts to open herself to others that she will
be able to start her life again.
French distribution: HAUT ET COURT
PH: +33 1 55 31 27 27 - E-mail: info@hautetcourt.com
World Sales: FILMS DISTRIBUTION
Ph: +33 1 53 10 33 99 - Email: info@filmsdistribution.com
OUT OF BOUNDS (Labrador)
By Frederikke Aspöck
Starring Carsten Bjørnlund, Stephanie León, Jakob Eklund
Denmark
1st film
A desolate, windswept island. Stella and Oskar, a young couple, visit Stella’s father Nathan who lives
a lonely life in the company of his labrador dog. Stella is pregnant and looking forward to the birth of
their baby, but Oskar appears to be in doubt. When Oskar falls prey to Nathan's provocations and
feels bewildered by the relationship between father and daughter, a clash between the two men is
inevitable.
World Sales: TRUST NORDISK
Ph: +45 36 86 87 88 - Email: info@trustnordisk.com
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THE RIF LOVER (L'Amante du Rif)
Morocco/Belgium/France
By Narjiss Nejjar
4th film
Starring Nadia Kounda, Mourade Zeguendi, Ouidad Elma, Nadia Niazi, Fehd Benchemsi, Omar Lotfi,
Siham Assif, Raoula, Fatima-Zahra Bennacer
Aya is twenty years old. She is beautiful, sometimes unsuspicious, often fly-away. She dreams only
about love, sublimated and fantasized as one pleases. She drags her freedom from care in the middle
of the volutes of kif as her two brothers work for a big trafficker of hashish nicknamed “The Baron”.
Their paths cross one April morning and her life gradually begins its descent to hell.
World Sales: URBAN DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL
Ph: +33 1 48 70 73 07 - Email: anne@urbandistrib.com
RIVER OF GOLD (Rio de oro)
Mexico
By Pablo Aldrete
1st film
Starring Gonzalo Lebrija, Stephanie Sigman, Kenny Johnston, Deshava Apachee, Karl Makinen,
Chesley Wilson
Sonora, Mexico, 1853. During the war with the Apaches and the invasion of the United States, a
muleteer decides to sell his animals to seek a better life in the city of Mexico. To do so, he will have to
cross through the mountains that are Apache territory...
Production: MANTARRAYA PRODUCCIONES
Ph: +52 55 5273 9307 - Email: info@mantarraya.com
SEVEN ACTS OF MERCY (Sette Opere di misericordia)
Italy
By Gianluca et Massimiliano De Serio
1st film
Starring Roberto Herlitzka, Olimpia Melinte, Ignazio Oliva, Stefano Cassetti, Cosmin Corniciuc
Luminita, a young illegal immigrant living on the edge of a shanty town, has hatched a plan to get
herself out of her predicament. To carry it through she bumps into Antonio, a sick and mysterious old
man. The clash between the two of them is unavoidable and harsh, and leads to unforeseeable
consequences…
World Sales: INTRAMOVIES
Ph: +39 06 8077 252 - Email: jef.nuyts@intramovies.com
SNEAKERS (Ketcove)
Bulgaria
By Valeri Yordanov et Ivan Vladimirov
1st film
Starring Philip Avramov, Valeri Yordanov, Ivan Barnev, Vassil Draganov, Ivo Arakov, Ina Nikolova
In the beginning of summer, six young people escape from their failures – in their families, love,
money, ambitions, meeting with those that are different. They escape from the City, taken over by
those that are different. Each one of them escapes East of Hell... to the point farthest away, the sea
coast, a clean and pristine beach. The clean beach brings them together and reopens the prospective
of hope to them all. But is such an escape at all possible?
World Sales: MEDIA LUNA NEW FILMS
Ph: +49 221 510 91 891 - Email: info@medialuna.biz
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SNOWTOWN
By Justin Kurzel
Australia
1st film
Starring Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Frank Cwertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus
Howard, Anthony Groves
When sixteen-year-old Jamie is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins. As the
relationship grows, so do Jamie’s suspicions until he finds his world threatened by both his loyalty for,
and fear of, his newfound father-figure John Bunting, Australia’s most notorious serial killer.
French distribution: ARP SELECTION
Ph: +33 1 56 69 26 02 - Email: jt@arpselection.eu
World Sales: PROTAGONIST PICTURES
Ph: +44 20 7734 9000 - Email: info@protagonistpictures.com
WITHOUT
By Mark Jackson
Starring Joslyn Jensen, Ron Carrier, Darren Lenz, Bob Sentinella, Piper Weiss
USA
1st film
On a remote wooded island, Joslyn becomes caretaker to an old man trapped in a wheelchair and in a
vegetative state. She has no cell signal, no access to the Internet. Processing a hefty personal grief,
Joslyn vacillates between finding solace in the old man's company and feeling fear and suspicion
towards him. As the days wear on, her isolated routine devolves into a struggle with sexuality, guilt
and loss.
World Sales: M-APPEAL
Ph: +49 30 6150 7252 - Email: aw@m-appeal.com
CINECOLES SHORT FILM COMPETITION
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By Ayoub Aoubid et Amal Loulidi - Running time : 8’35 - School : IHB Art-Media Casablanca
A young man is mentally deranged by the sudden death of his girlfriend. This pain leads him to live in
the world of illusions.
L'ARROSEUR
By Mohamed Aouad - Running time : 24’ - School : ESAV Marrakech
Rachid lives in a remote house in a village. He is a working-man, goes home before sunset and makes
sure the door and the windows are locked at dusk. He is living alone in a daily routine until a woman
arrives…
ATE
By Mohamed Souhail - Running time : 20’ - School : ESAV Marrakech
On a barren roadside, the destiny of two people will cross each other: the one of a child who is trying
in vain to collect money for his mother’s funeral and the one of an old woman who has decided to die.
BEBOPE
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By Alaa Akaaboune - Running time : 17’40 - School : ESAV Marrakech
A man wakes up, his wife dresses him up with his suit, he goes to work, his boss gives him some
advices and he goes home at the end of the day to watch television with his family. And so on every
day until someone gets into his boring daily life.
CONDUITE TÉMÉRAIRE
By Mohamed Kaddouri et Ikram Dalki - Running time : 3’ - School : IHB Art-Media Casablanca
A reckless father has been traumatized by a dramatic event: a road accident predicted by his son who
was playing with a car toy in the house hall.
DIGNITÉ D'UN HOMME
By Mohamed Soufiane El Bacha - Running time : 9’28 - School : ISCA Rabat
A young man would like to find a job despite the high unemployment rate. One day, he is called for
interview. He feels hopeful again but also suddenly senses an unease which will drag his down.
JAM KITCHEN
By Anis Berjamy - Running time : 5’ - School : ESAV Marrakech
A radio changes the course of one morning in an apparently standard kitchen.
ROBIO
By Mohammed Rouini - Running time : 9’30 - School : ISCA Rabat
A young and laid-back illegal driver, but a little bit addicted to hashish, will face his worst nightmare
because of a simple misunderstanding…
LA SILENCE A UNE VOIX
By Sanaa Battouchi - Running time : 11’ - School : IHB Art-Media Casablanca
Taha and Chama are two teenagers who met by chance in a park. It is love at first sight. But Taha is a
mute boy and Chama is half deaf. The two lovers will end communicating their own way...
UNE VIE, UNE ŒUVRE
By Meriem Tnifass - Running time : 10’52 - School : ISCA Rabat
Abbass, a passionate painter, dreams of becoming famous and having his paintings considered as
masterpieces. Despite his destitute life, he is not going to let things get him down and will do what it
takes to reach his goal.
OUT OF COMPETITION
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A DANGEROUS METHOD
Canada/Germany/United Kingdom/Switzerland
By David Cronenberg
Starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Sarah Gadon
Zurich, 1904. Carl Jung, 29 years old, psychiatrist, is at the beginning of his career and shares his life
with his wife Emma. Inspired by the studies of Sigmund Freud, Jung tries the experimental treatment
known as psychoanalysis on Sabina Spielrein, 18 years old. Sabina is a disturbed young woman who
has the reputation of being agitated and violent. Little by little, Jung will put aside his own ethics and
let go with his attraction for Sabina. A dangerous liaison will soon begin with unexpected and
fundamental consequences.
French distribution: MARS DISTRIBUTION
Ph: +33 1 56 43 67 20 - Email: contact@marsdistribution.com
World Sales: HANWAY FILMS
Ph: +44 207 290 0750
ANOTHER HAPPY DAY
USA
By Sam Levinson
Starring Ellen Barkin, Ezra Miller, Kate Bosworth, Demi Moore, Thomas Haden Church, George
Kennedy, Ellen Burstyn
A comedy about warring exes, gossiping aunts, and reckless teens - and the wedding that brings them
all together.
French distribution France: MEMENTO FILMS DISTRIBUTION
Ph: +33 1 53 34 90 20 - Email: distribution@memento-films.com
World Sales: VOLTAGE PICTURES
Ph: +1 323 606 7630 - Email: sales@voltagepictures.com
BLACK GOLD (Or noir)
France/Italy
By Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring Tahar Rahim, Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Liya Kebede, Corey
Johnson, Akin Gazi
The Thirties, Arabia. Young prince Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge but finds
himself in the middle of a battle following the discovery of oil. Forced to take up arms, he must choose
between two enemies with an opposite view of the future, his two fathers, the one who gave him life,
the righteous and conservative sultan Amar, and the one who raised him, the seductive and
calculating Nessib.
French distribution: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 72 25 00 00
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DAYS OF GRACE (Dias de gracia)
Mexico/France
By Everardo Gout
Starring Tenoch Huerta, Kristian Ferrer, Dolores Heredia, Carlos Bardem, Eilen Yañez, Mario
Zaragoza, José Sefami, Sonia Couho
Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A bride. Corruption, violence, revenge. 3 lives
through 30 days and 3 Soccer World Cups. 3 ways to fight for survival...
French distribution: ARP SELECTION
Ph: +33 1 56 69 26 00 - Email: jt@arpselection.eu
World Sales: KINOLOGY
Ph: +33 9 51 47 43 44
MISS BALA
By Gerardo Naranjo
Starring Stephanie Sigman, Irene Azuela, Noe Hernández, James Russo, José Yenque
Mexico
The aspirations of Laura, a young woman who wants to become a beauty queen, turn against her,
delivering her into the hands of a gang that is terrorizing northern Mexico. Although Laura succeeds
in winning the beauty queen crown, her experiences as an unwilling participant in Mexico’s violent
war leave her shaken and profoundly transformed.
World Sales: FOX INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
Ph: +1 310 369 27 76 - E-mail: schreger@fox.com
MY BACK PAGE (Mai bakku pêji)
Japon
By Nobuhiro Yamashita
Starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kenichi Matsuyama, Shiori Kutsuna, Anna Ishibashi, Hanae Kan, Aoi
Nakamura
The late 1960s were a time of student revolution all over the globe, and Japan was no exception.
Fledgling journalist Sawada gets to spend time with Umeyama, a radical leader of the student
movement. He finds himself torn between the complex charm of Umeyama and his suspicious
behavior. And when Umeyama announces a raid on an army base to steal weapons, Sawada gets
really excited.
World Sales: BITTERS END
Ph: +81 3 3462 0345 - E-mail: info@bitters.co.jp
PARIS BY NIGHT (Une nuit)
By Philippe Lefebvre
Starring Roschdy Zem, Sara Forestier, Samuel Le Bihan
France
Paris. Simon Weiss, head of the Paris Vice Squad, begins his daily rounds through the city at night. He
is doing his job. But that night is not like the other ones. Weiss soon starts to suspect that someone is
trying to set him up. Caught in the crossfire between the police Internal Affairs and the criminals,
Weiss will stand up for himself, facing cops, business men and gangsters…
World Sales: TF1 INTERNATIONAL
Ph: +33 1 41 41 21 68 - E-mail: festival@tf1.fr
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TEXAS KILLING FIELDS
USA
By Ami Canaan Mann
Starring Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain, Annabeth
Gish
In Texas City, the police faces a series of murders, but the internal rivalries which undermine the
service and the dreadful place where the bodies were found – the Killing Fields wasteland –
complicate the investigation. In the nearby county, inspector Mike Souder and Brian Heigh work on
the disappearance of a girl. . No corpse, no track. When Anne, a kid of the streets, whom Brian is
taking care of, is reported missing, the two detectives start thinking that some clue might be hidden
in Killing Fields …
French distribution: METROPOLITAN FILMEXPORT
Ph: +33 1 56 59 23 00 - Email: contact@europacorp.com
World Sales: QED INTERNATIONAL
Ph: +1 323 785 7900 - Email: info@qedintl.com
WHEN THE NIGHT (Quando la notte)
Italy
By Cristina Comencini
Starring Claudia Pandolfi, Filippo Timi, Thomas Trabacchi, Denis Fasolo, Michela Cescon, Manuela
Mandracchia, Franco Trevisi
Marina is a fragile and insecure young woman struggling to be the perfect mother. Hoping a change
of scenery will improve her baby’s sleeping habits, she decides to spend the summer vacation in the
mountainside. Marina rents an apartment from Manfred, a gruff mountain guide who lives in an old
house. He is distrustful of women. Manfred and Marina keep their distance until a harrowing event
forces them together…
World Sales: CELLULOID DREAMS
Ph: +33 1 49 70 03 70 - Email: info@celluloid-dreams.com
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OPENING FILM
THE RIF LOVER (L'Amante du Rif)
IN COMPETITION
Morocco/Belgium/France
By Narjiss Nejjar
4th film
Starring Nadia Kounda, Mourade Zeguendi, Ouidad Elma, Nadia Niazi, Fehd Benchemsi, Omar Lotfi,
Siham Assif, Raoula
Aya is twenty years old. She is beautiful, sometimes unsuspicious, often fly-away. She dreams only
about love, sublimated and fantasized as one pleases. She drags her freedom from care in the middle
of the volutes of kif as her two brothers work for a big trafficker of hashish nicknamed “The Baron”.
Their paths cross one April morning and her life gradually begins its descent to hell.
World Sales: URBAN DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL
Ph: +33 1 48 70 73 07 - Email: anne@urbandistrib.com
CLOSING FILM
DEATH FOR SALE (Mort à vendre)
Morocco
By Faouzi Bensaïdi
Starring Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labiad, Mouchcine Malzi, Iman Mechrafi, Faouzi Bensaïdi,Nezha
Rahil
Malik, 26 years old, is madly in love with Dounia. He wants to get her out of prostitution. Allal, 30
years old, wants to become the new big fish in the drugs business. Soufiane, 18 years old, is feeding
his anger with thoughts of revenge. The robbery of the biggest jewellery of Tetouan gathers the three
friends who have nothing to lose and nothing to fear.
World Sales: URBAN DISTRIBUTION
Ph: +33 1 48 70 46 55 - Email: contact@urbandistrib.com
The following short film will precede the screening of the Closing Film:
SHORT LIFE
Morocco
By Adil El Fadili
Starring Chafiq Bisbis, Aziz Hattab, Malika Hammaoui, Aziz El Fadili, Ismaïl Kanater, Fatima-Ezzahra
Bennasser, Mohammed Choubi
Zhar was born in the seventies, under the sign of bad luck. Left to his own devices in Casablanca, he
will endure many failures in his life.
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MOROCCAN CINEMA AT HEART
This year, the official selection of the International Film Festival of Marrakech supports the quality
and eclecticism of today’s Moroccan film production through an exceptional programming in the
“Moroccan Cinema at Heart” section.
ANDALUSIA, MY LOVE! (Al Andalus mounamour!)
By Mohamed Nadif
Starring Youssef Britel, Ali Esmili, Mohamed Nadif, Mehdi Ouazzani, Asmâa El Hadrami, Mohamed
Choubi
Saïd and Amine are two students from Casablanca dreaming of Europe. They end up in a small village
in the North of Morocco. With the help of the schoolteacher, they leave for the European coast on a
small boat but they are shipwrecked. The sea washes Amine back onto the coast of the village. Saïd is
washed away on a Spanish beach. Andalusia seems strange to Saïd. Meanwhile, in the Moroccan
village, Amine notices strange things happening...
Production: AWMAN PRODUCTIONS
Ph: +212 66 11 61 628 - Email: awmanprod@gmail.com
THE END (Annihaya)
By Hicham Lasri
Starring Sam Kanater, Salah Ben Salah, Hanane Zouhdi, Nadia Niazi, Malek Akhmiss, Hassan Bdida
Casablanca, July 1999. Mikhi, a wheel clamper, falls in love with Rita, the frail sister of a gang of
brothers who steal cars. He will do what it takes to make their love story succeed. Meanwhile, the old
school and violent detective Daoud is on the heels of the thieves…
Production: LA PROD
Ph: +212 5 22 27 34 02 - Email: karima@laprod.ma
ON THE EDGE
By Leïla Kilani
Starring Soufia Issami, Mouna Bahmad, Nouzha Akel, Sara Betioui
Morocco/France/Germany
In Tangiers, two 20 year-old Moroccan girls, Badia and Imane, move amid the army of workers who
inundate the city with their comings and goings. Both work in a factory peeling shrimps, a
humiliating, difficult job leaving them smelling strongly of seafood. Badia and Imane dream of a
better life...
Production: SOCCO CHICO FILMS
Email: soccochicofilms@gmail.com
World Sales: FORTISSIMO FILMS
Ph: +31 20 627 32 15 - Email: info@fortissimo.nl
THE RETURN OF THE SON (Aoudatou al ibn)
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By Ahmed Boulane
Starring Younes Megri, Warren Guetta, Myriam Bella, Emmanuelle Jeser, Nail Messaoudi
Fifteen years after having been kidnapped by his French mother, Mehdi, now in his early twenties,
returns to Morocco to see his father Aziz. The young man, half-French half-Moroccan, tries to get to
know the country of his birth. He meets a young Moroccan woman and begins to spend less time at
home with his father. Aziz is increasingly concerned about this relationship and argues more and
more frequently with his son. After a particularly heated discussion, Mehdi walks out and doesn’t
come home in the evening. Aziz’s worst nightmare begins…
Production: BOULANE O'BYRNE PRODUCTION
Ph: +212 522 23 00 51 - Email: ahmedboulane@yahoo.com
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THE JURIES
THE FEATURE FILM JURY
The Jury of the eleventh edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival is presided by the
Serbian director and actor:
EMIR KUSTURICA
PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR
1971 UNE PARTIE DE LA VÉRITÉ * - short
1972 AUTOMNE * - short
1978 GUERNICA * - short
1979 THE BRIDES ARE COMING - medium-length
1981 DO YOU REMEMBER DOLLY BELL? *
1985 WHEN FATHER WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS
1988 TIME OF THE GYPSIES *
1993 ARIZONA DREAM *
1995 UNDERGROUND *
1998 BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT *
2001 SUPER 8 STORIES - doc
2004 LIFE IS A MIRACLE *
2005 ALL THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN - BLUE GYPSY segment
2007 PROMISE ME THIS *
2008 MARADONA BY KUSTURICA * - doc
2011 NEMANJA
* also screenwriter
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ACTOR
1995 UNDERGROUND by Emir Kusturica
2000 THE WIDOW OF SAINT-PIERRE (La Veuve de Saint-Pierre) by Patrice Leconte
2003 THE GOOD THIEF by Neil Jordan
STRAWBERRIES IN THE SUPERMARKET by Dusan Milic
2006 SECRET JOURNEY by Roberto Andò
2007 HERMANO by Giovanni Robbiano
2009 FAREWELL (L’Affaire Farewell) by Christian Carion
2011 NEMANJA by Emir Kusturica
NIKOSTRATOS by Olivier Horlait
7 DAYS IN HAVANA (7 Días en La Habana) by Pablo Trapero
AWARDS
2005 - César - Best film from the European Union (shared) for Life is a Miracle
1998 - Silver Lion for Best Direction Venice Black Cat, White Cat
1995 - Palme d'Or Festival de Cannes for Underground
1993 - Silver Bear Berlin for Arizona Dream
1989 - Best Director Festival de Cannes for Time of the Gypsies
1985 - Palme d'Or and FIPRESCI Award Festival de Cannes for When Father Was Away on Business
1981 - Silver Lion Best Debut Film Venice for Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
The following Jury members will work alongside EMIR KUSTURICA:
JESSICA CHASTAIN
NICOLE GARCIA
LEILA HATAMI
ABDELKADER LAGTÂA
BRILLANTE Ma. MENDOZA
RADU MIHAILEANU
MAYA SANSA
APARNA SEN
Actress - USA
Director and actress - France
Actress - Iran
Director and screenwriter - Morocco
Director - Philippines
Director and screenwriter - Rumania
Actress - Italy
Director, screenwriter and actress - India
During the closing ceremony of the Festival, on Saturday, December 10th, the Jury will present the
following awards:
- THE GOLDEN STAR / THE FESTIVAL GRAND PRIZE
- THE JURY PRIZE
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
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PAST JURIES AND AWARD WINNERS
2001
JURY
Charlotte Rampling (President), Rosanna Arquette, Farid Belkahia, Farida Benlyazid, Mohamed
Berrada, Jean Daniel, JeanPaul Gaultier, Ousmane Sembène and Elsa Zylberstein
AWARDS
Golden Star / Grand prix: INCH’ALLAH DIMANCHE by Yamina Benguigui (Algeria/France)
Audience Award: THE UNSAID by Tom McLoughlin (USA)
Best Actress: Chaïbia Adraoui in MONA SABER by Abdelhaï Laraki (Morrocco)
Best Actor: Jacques Dutronc in C’EST LA VIE by Jean-Pierre Améris (France)
2002
JURY
Jeanne Moreau (President), Nabil Ayouch, Josée Dayan, Pascal Greggory, Thomas Kretschmann,
Abdelletif Laabi, Karen Mok, Anna Thomson, Patricia Velasquez and Edward Yang
AWARDS
Golden Star / Grand prix: GO by Isao Yukisada (Japan)
Jury Prize: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM by Gurinder Chadha (UK)
Best Actress: Clara Khoury in RANA’S WEDDING by Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine)
Best Actor: Yosuke Kubozuka in GO by Isao Yukisada (Japan)
Best Director: Fernando Meirelles for CITY OF GOD (Cidade de deus) (Brazil)
Best Screenplay: MATIR MOINA by Tareque Masud (Bangladesh)
2003
JURY
Volker Schlöndorff (President), Pascale Bussières, Kerry Fox, Shashi Kapoor, Virginie Ledoyen, Hinde
Taarji, Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi and André Téchiné
AWARDS
Golden Star / Grand prix: GORI VATRA by Pjer Zalica (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
Jury Prize: THE STATION AGENT by Tom McCarthy (USA)
Best Actress: Najat Benssallem in RAJA by Jacques Doillon (France/Morocco)
Best Actor: Bogdan Diklic in GORI VATRA by Pjer Zalica (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
Best Director: Takeshi Kitano for ZATOICHI (Japan)
Best Screenplay: LES YEUX SECS by Narjiss Nejjar (Morocco/France)
2004
JURY
Alan Parker (President), Chantal Akerman, Rosanna Arquette, Valeria Golino, Laura Morante,
Guillaume Canet, Paulo Coelho, Henri Duparc and Sarim Fassi-Fihri
AWARDS
Golden Star / Grand prix: SIDEWAYS by Alexander Payne (USA)
Jury Prize, shared: MENG YING TONG NIAN (Electric Shadows) by Xiao Jiang (China) & MOOLAADE by
Ousmane Sembène (Sénégal)
Best Actress: Vera Farmiga in DOWN TO THE BONE by Debra Granik (USA)
Best Actor: Bogdan Stupka in SVOI (Our Own) by Dmitry Meskhiyev (Russia)
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2005
JURY
Jean-Jacques Annaud (President), Abdelkebir Khatibi, Kim Jee-woon, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Deepa
Mehta, Stefania Rocca, Hend Sabri, Leonor Silveira and Mary Sweeney
AWARDS
Golden Star / Grand prix: SARATAN by Ernest Abdyshaparov (Kirghizstan)
Jury Prize, shared: C.R.A.Z.Y. by Jean-Marc Vallée (Canada) & BAB EL MAKAM (Passion) by Mohamed
Malas (Syria/France)
Best Actress: Shirley Henderson in FROZEN by Juliet McKoen (United Kingdom)
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis in THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE by Rebecca Miller (USA)
2006
JURY
Roman Polanski (President), Sandrine Bonnaire, Jamel Debbouze, Maria de Medeiros, Pan Nalin,
Yousri Nasrallah, Ludivine Sagnier, Paz Vega and David Wenham
WINNERS
Golden Star / Grand prix: DER ROTE KAKADU (Le Perroquet rouge) by Dominik Graf (Germany)
Jury Prize: HIRTIA VA FI ALBASTRA (The Paper Will Be Blue) by Radu Muntean (Rumania)
Best Actress: Fatou N’Diaye in UN DIMANCHE À KIGALI by Robert Favreau (Canada)
Best Actor: Max Riemelt in DER ROTE KAKADU (Le Perroquet rouge) by Dominik Graf (Germany)
2007
JURY
Milos Forman (President), Hamid Benani, John Hurt, Shekhar Kapur, Pavel Lounguine, Aïssa Maïga,
Claude Miller, Parker Posey and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
WINNERS
Golden Star / Grand prix: SUGISBALL (Autumn Ball) by Veiko Ounpuu (Estonia)
Jury Prize, shared: SLINGSHOT by Brillante Ma. Mendoza (Philippines) & KREMEN (The Hard-Hearted)
by Alexey Mizgirev (Russia)
Best Actress: Yu Yun-mi in GEOMEN TANGYU SONYEO OI (With a Girl of Black Soil) by Jeong Soo-il
(South Korea)
Best Actor: Tommi Korpela in MIEHEN TYO (Man’s Job) by Aleksi Salmenperä (Finland)
2008
JURY
Barry Levinson (President), Joaquim de Almeida, Marianna Barry, Hugh Hudson, Ghita El Khayat,
Sebastian Koch, Caterina Murino, Natacha Regnier and Agusti Villaronga
WINNERS
Golden Star / Grand prix: WILD FIELD by Mikhail Kalatozishvili (Russia)
Jury Prize: THE SHAFT by Zhang Chi (China)
Best Actress: Melissa Leo in FROZEN RIVER by Courtney Hunt (USA)
Best Actor: Eero Aho in TEARS OF APRIL by Aku Louhimies (Finland)
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2009
JURY: Abbas Kiarostami (President), Fanny Ardant, Nandita Das, Isabella Ferrari, Mike Figgis,
Christophe Honoré, Marisa Paredes, Elia Suleiman, Pablo Trapero and Lahcen Zinoun
WINNERS
Golden Star / Grand prix: NORTEADO (Northless) by Rigoberto Perezcano (Mexico)
Jury Prize, shared: LES BARONS by Nabil Ben Yadir (Belgium) & MY DAUGHTER by Charlotte Lim Lay
Kuen (Malaysia)
Best Actress: Lotte Verbeek in NOTHING PERSONAL by Urszula Antoniak (The Netherlands/Ireland)
Best Actor: Cyron Melville in LOVE AND RAGE by Morten Giese (Denmark)
2010
JURY: John Malkovich (President), Faouzi Bensaïdi, Gael Maggie Cheung, Dominic Cooper, Garcia
Bernál, Irène Jacob, Benoît Jacquot, Riccardo Scamarcio, Yousra
PALMARES
Golden Star / Grand prix: THE JOURNALS OF MUSAN de Park Jungbum (Corée du Sud)
Jury Prize, shared: BECLOUDED (Vaho) de Alejandro Gerber Bicecci (Mexique) & BEYOND THE
STEPPES de Vanja d’Alcantara (Belgique/Pologne)
Best cast: ANIMAL KINGDOM de David Michôd (Australie) & WHEN WE LEAVE (Die Fremde) de Feo
Aladag (Allemagne)
THE SHORT FILM JURY
During the Marrakech International Film Festival Closing & Award Ceremony, the Short Film Jury
presents to films selected in the Cinécoles Short Film Competition:
THE CINÉCOLES SHORT FILM PRIZE
Launched in 2010 for the 10th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM), this contest
is aimed at students of Moroccan cinema institutes and schools.
Through the short film competition, the FIFM Foundation wishes to develop a space for cinema
creation and job opportunities for budding filmmakers, and to create during the Festival a real
platform promoting exchanges between seasoned professionals and young directors.
It is also a unique opportunity to introduce School Cinema for the first time in Morocco and within a
prestigious event.
This Cinécoles Short Film Prize is aimed to reveal and bring to light, amongst students of Moroccan
cinema schools and institutes, a new talent on the cinema scene.
In 2011, the prize is awarded for the second time and 10 short films will take part in the competition.
His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, President of the Marrakech International Film Festival
Foundation, grants an amount of 300,000 dirhams exclusively dedicated to the making of a second
short film.
The whole grant will be managed by the FIFM Foundation and will be exclusively dedicated to the
making of a short film that will have to be completed within three years after the awarding of the
Prize. The Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation will support the making of the film by
overseeing the writing, directing and editing process.
In 2010, the first Cinécoles Short Film Prize was awarded to Mahassine El Hachadi for her short film
Apnée (10 minutes, ESAV Marrakech).
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The American actress SIGOURNEY WEAVER, is the President of the Short Film Jury during this, the
eleventh edition of the Festival.
“I am looking forward with great anticipation to seeing the work of the talented young filmmakers at the
Cinécoles competition. The Marrakech film festival is uniquely positioned to host the most established and
the most eagerly emerging filmmakers in this marvelous city where so many worlds meet.”
- Sigourney Weaver
PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY
1977 ANNIE HALL by Woody Allen
1979 ALIEN by Ridley Scott
1981 EYEWITNESS by Peter Yates
1982 THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY by Peter Weir
1984 GHOSTBUSTERS by Ivan Reitman
1986 ALIENS by James Cameron
1988 GORILLAS IN THE MIST by Michael Apted
WORKING GIRL by Mike Nichols
1992 ALIEN 3 by David Fincher
1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE by Ridley Scott
1994 DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Roman Polanski
1995 COPYCAT by Jon Amiel
1997 ALIEN - RESURRECTION by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
THE ICE STORM by Ang Lee
2000 HEARTBREAKERS by David Mirkin
INFAMOUS by Douglas McGrath
2001 TADPOLE (Séduction en mode mineur) by Gary Winnick
2004 IMAGINARY HEROES by Dan Harris
THE VILLAGE (Le Village) by M. Night Shyamalan
2006 SNOW CAKE by Marc Evans
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2007
2008
2009
2011
2012
THE GIRL IN THE PARK by David Auburn
BE KIND REWIND by Michel Gondry
AVATAR by James Cameron
RAMPART by Oren Moverman
PAUL by Greg Mottola
VAMPS by Amy Heckerling
THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY by Mabrouk El Mechri
RED by Rodrigo Cortés
SIGOURNEY WEAVER serves alongside the following Jury members:
FARIDA BENLYAZID
MARIE GILLAIN
PASCAL GREGGORY
PIERRE SALVADORI
Actress and director - Morocco
Actress - Belgium
Actor - France
Director - France
The Cinécoles Short Film Award will be presented by the Jury on Saturday, December 10.
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TRIBUTES
Following last year's tributes to James Caan, Harvey Keitel, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Mohammed
Abderrahman Tazi and Larbi Doghmi, the Festival maintains its position as world cinema's meeting
point, paying tribute to strong personalities from every horizon. Confirming its flair for the ecclectic,
this year Festival has decided to honour:
MOHAMED BASTAOUI (Actor - Morocco), MARCO BELLOCCHIO (Director - Italy), TERRY GILLIAM
(Director - USA), SHAH RUKH KHAN (Actor - India), FOREST WHITAKER (Actor and director - USA)
and ROSCHDY ZEM (Actor and director - Morocco).
MOHAMED BASTAOUI
©FIFM
Born in 1954 in Khouribga (Morocco), Mohamed Bastaoui decided when he was twenty years old,
like many young men, to go to Italy where he took several jobs. Five years later, he came back to his
country and started an acting career by performing in plays for children broadcasted on television,
and then with “Le Théâtre d’aujourd’hui” company, alongside great Moroccan artist Touria Jabrane.
The company went on tour several times, in Morocco and abroad, producing plays acknowledged as
masterpieces of the national heritage.
After “Le Théâtre d’aujourd’hui”, Mohamed Bastaoui founded “Le Théâtre du Soleil” company with
many other artists, including actor Mohammed Khouyi, with whom he played many parts for the
stage, cinema and television.
Mohamed Bastaoui’s remarkable stage presence, acknowledged by the critics and the audience alike,
also attracted the attention of film directors. Thus the actor started a film career, notably with
Mohammed Abbazi in the feature film Les Trésors de l’Atlas (1997). He then played opposite Hassan
Essakalli in Adieu forain (1998) by Daoud Aoulad Syad, a film that won the Best First Film Award at
the Arab Film Festival in Paris. Mohamed Bastaoui’s performance in the film also earned him a
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nomination for the Best Actor Award in that festival, a confirmation that he had now entered the big
league (the award finally went to great Egyptian actor Ahmed Zaki).
Mohamed Bastaoui’s cinema career started right when the Moroccan film production engaged in
unceasing progress, especially in the early 2000s. Indeed, the actor worked with great Moroccan
directors like Saad Chraïbi in Thirst (2000) and Jawhara (2003), Kamal Kamal in Tayf nizar (2001),
Mohammed Ismaïl in Et après (2002), and later by Faouzi Bensaïdi in A Thousand Months (2003) –
shown at the Festival de Cannes in the “Un certain regard” section - and WWW: What a Wonderful
World (2006). He was also directed by Daoud Aoulad Syad in Tarfaya (2004) and Waiting for Pasolini
(2007), Mohammed El Asli in In Casablanca Angels Don’t Fly (2006) and recently in Les Mains rudes
(2010), as well as Farida Bourquia in Two Women on the Road (2007) and Jillali Ferhati in At Dawn
(2009). He has also given much-awaited performances in upcoming L’Enfant cheikh by Hamid
Bennani and Sotto voce by Kamal Kamal.
Besides his presence in Moroccan cinema, Mohamed Bastaoui has played in several foreign films
shot in Morocco. He also impresses the Moroccan art scene with his performances in television films
that meet with much critical and public success.
In 2000, Mohamed Bastaoui was honoured by the Khouribga African Film Festival, the oldest film
festival in Morocco and one of the greatest events dedicated to African cinema.
PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY
1997 LES TRÉSORS DE L’ATLAS (Kounouz al Atlas) by Mohamed Abbazi
1998 ADIEU FORAIN (Bya bya souirti) by Daoud Aoulad Syad
2000 THIRST by Saad Chraïbi
2001 TAYF NIZAR by Kamal Kamal
2002 ET APRÈS by Mohamed Ismaïl
2003 JAWHARA by Saad Chraïbi
A THOUSAND MONTHS by Faouzi Bensaïdi
2004 TARFAYA by Daoud Aoulad Syad
2006 WWW : WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD by Faouzi Bensaïdi
IN CASABLANCA ANGELS DON’T FLY (À Casablanca les anges ne volent pas) by Mohamed El
Asli
2007 TWO WOMEN ON THE ROAD ( Deux Femmes sur la route) by Farida Bourquia
WAITING FOR PASOLINI (En attendant Pasolini) by Daoud Aoulad Syad
2008 L’ENFANT CHEIKH by Hamid Bennani
2009 AT DAWN (Dès l’aube) by Jillali Ferhati
2010 LES MAINS RUDES by Mohamed El Asli
MÉMOIRE D’ARGILE (Dakirat attine) by Abdelmajid R’chich
2011 SOTTO VOCE by Kamal Kamal
For the occasion, the Festival will present the following films:
1997 – LES TRÉSORS DE L’ATLAS (Kounouz al Atlas)
By Mohamed Abbazi
Starring Saâdia Ladib, Mohamed Bastaoui, Fatima Harrandi, Mohamed Khouyi, Hamid Basket
Morocco, before the Modern Times. Ould Bah is the elder son of a powerful man reigning on a Kasbah
on the side of the Saharan Atlas mountains. A spoiled child, he is set aside by his younger brother who
will succeed his father. Ould Bah decides to change his fate.
1998 – ADIEU FORAIN (Bya bya souirti)
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By Daoud Aoulad Syad
Starring Mohamed Bastaoui, Abdellah Diddane, Hassan Skalli, Nazha Rahil, Mohamed Miftah
The story of three destinies sharing the same itinerary: the one of Rabii, dreaming of a better future,
the one of Kacem, sick and trying to escape a dark past he cannot forget, and the one of his sole son,
Larbi, a former boxer and convict, violent and mythomaniac.
2000 – TAYF NIZAR
By Kamal Kamal
Starring Lina Morad, Mohamed Miftah, Mohamed Bastaoui, Mohamed Merouazi
Khalid is a young doctor working in the casualty department of one of Casablanca’s hospitals. One
day, he examines Ahmed Sebbar, a third degree burns victim brought by firemen in a critical state.
2010 – MÉMOIRE D’ARGILE (Dakirat attine)
By Abdelmajid R’chich
Starring Ismail Kanater, Mohamed Bastaoui, Souad Hamidou, Nazha Rahil, Abdellah Didane, Houda
Rihani, Hanane Ibrahimi
Upon leaving prison, Ahmed finds Lhoussine again, a former cellmate, with whom he goes on to run a
small tree nursery on the outskirts of the town. But his goal remains to find Atika, his estranged wife.
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TRIBUTE TO MARCO BELLOCCHIO
Born in Piacenza (Italy) in 1939, Marco Bellocchio dropped out of the Catholic University in Milan
where he was studying philosophy in 1959, and registered at the Experimental Centre of
Cinematography in Rome to become an actor. Unsatisfied, he finally pitched on filmmaking and
made the short films Abbasso lo zio, La Colpa e la pena and Ginepro fatto uomo in 1961 and 1962.
Then, thanks to a scholarship, he moved to London to take courses at the Slade School of Fine Arts.
His first feature film, Fists in the Pocket, was shown at the Locarno Film Festival in 1965. From then
on, breaking with neorealist cinema, he took on the Italian symbols of conformism through a
politically committed work. The Locarno International Film Festival gave him a Special Award for his
complete works in 1976. Anouk Aimée and Michel Piccoli, his actors in A Leap into the Void, received
the Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor at the Festival de Cannes 1980. An internationally
acclaimed director, Marco Bellocchio is also a screenwriter and a producer.
FILMOGRAPHY
1965 FISTS IN THE POCKET
1967 CHINA IS NEAR
1969 LOVE AND ANGER
VIVA IL PRIMO MAGGIO ROSSO - short - collective
PAOLA - short - collectve
1971 IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
1972 SLAP THE MONSTER ON PAGE ONE
1974 FIT TO BE UNTIED - codirected with Silvano Agosti, Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli
1976 VICTORY MARCH
1977 LA MOUETTE - based on the play by Chekhov
1978 LA MACCHINA CINEMA codirected with Silvano Agosti, Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli
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1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1994
1996
1999
2002
2004
2006
2009
2011
VACATION IN VAL TRIBBIA - doc
LEAP INTO THE VOID
THE EYES, THE MOUTH
HENRI IV - based on Pirandello's play
DEVIL IN THE FLESH
THE WITCHES’ SABBATH
THE CONVICTION
THE BUTTERFLY’S DREAM
THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG
THE NANNY
MY MOTHER’S SMILE
GOOD MORNING, NIGHT
SORELLE
THE WEDDING DIRECTOR
VINCERE
SORELLE MAI
For the occasion, the Festival will present the following films:
1965 – FISTS IN THE POCKET (I Pugni in tasca)
By Marco Bellocchio
Starring Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé
Alessandro, an epileptic young man, decides to murder the members of his dysfunctional family.
1980 – LEAP INTO THE VOID (Salto nel vuoto)
By Marco Bellocchio
Starring Michel Piccoli, Anouk Aimée, Michele Placido
Mauro Ponticelli is a magistrate. Worried about his sister now affected by psychic problems, he
introduces her to a young actor accused of having persuading a former girlfriend to commit suicide.
1999 – THE NANNY (La Balia)
By Marco Bellocchio
Starring Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Maya Sansa
Italy, early 20th century. A wealthy psychiatrist hires a nanny for taking care of his newborn son. Her
relationship with the child will compromise the family stability.
2002 – MY MOTHER’S SMILE (L’Ora di religione)
By Marco Bellocchio
Starrng Sergio Castellitto, Jacqueline Lustig, Chiara Conti, Gigio Alberti
A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's secretary who informs him that his mother
could become a saint.
2009 – VINCERE
By Marco Bellocchio
Starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michela Cescon
The story of Benito Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser.
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TRIBUTE TO TERRY GILLIAM
©Alex Sturrock
Born in 1940 in Minneapolis, Terry Gilliam first came to recognition in 1969 as the only American
member of the wildly popular television show Monty Python’s Flying Circus, for which he crafted the
animated sequences.
In 1975, he co-directed, with Terry Jones, his first feature, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which
was soon followed by his solo directorial debut Jabberwocky (1977). His subsequent films include
Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985) - starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro and for which he
received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best
Film and widespread critical praise -, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), a return to
historical fantasy and The Fisher King (1991), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best
Director and the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Returning to the director’s chair with the star-studded science fiction epic Twelve Monkeys (1995),
notably starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, he then went on to make Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(1998), an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del
Toro. In 2000, Gilliam started production on his lifelong dream, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
Unfortunately, severe problems led to the production being shut down within the first week of
filming, against his wishes. The entire nightmare was brilliantly documented in the film Lost in La
Mancha (2002).
In 2005, Gilliam released The Brothers Grimm, starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, followed a
year later by Tideland starring Jeff Bridges, Jodelle Ferland and Janet McTeer.
In 2009, he wrote, produced and directed The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, starring Heath
Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Christopher Plummer and Tom Waits.
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In 2011, Gilliam directed his new staging of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust for the English National
Opera, and wrote and directed the short film The Wholly Family.
FILMOGRAPHY
FILM DIRECTOR
1975 MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL - codirected by Terry Jones
1977 JABBERWOCKY
1981 TIME BANDITS *
1983 MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE by Terry Jones - segment THE CRIMSON
PERMANENT ASSURANCE
1985 BRAZIL*
1988 THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN *
1991 THE FISHER KING
1995 TWELVE MONKEYS
1998 FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS *
2002 LOST IN LA MANCHA - doc
2005 THE BROTHERS GRIMM
2006 TIDELAND*
2009 THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS *
2011 THE WHOLLY FAMILY - short *
* also screenwriter
OPERA STAGE DIRECTOR
2011 THE DAMNATION OF FAUST - English National Opera, London
For the occasion, the Festival will present the following films:
1985 – BRAZIL - DIRECTOR’S CUT
By Terry Gilliam
Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm
Sam Lowry is a government worker with no ambition who dreams every night of flying and saving a
beautiful woman. One day, while trying to repair the damages caused by a computer bug, he meets
the woman he has always been chasing in his dreams.
1991 – THE FISHER KING
By Terry Gilliam
Starring Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, Mercedes Ruehl
A radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a horrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping
a deranged homeless man who was a victim of it.
1995 – TWELVE MONKEYS
By Terry Gilliam
Starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer
2035. A deadly virus has killed 99% of the human population - forcing the survivors to flee beneath
our planet's surface. Scientists send a convict back in time to gather information useful in the defence
against this contagion.
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1998 – FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
By Terry Gilliam
Starring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Christina Ricci
1971. The comic and awful trip to Las Vegas of journalist Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr Gonzo.
2009 – THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
By Terry Gilliam
Starring Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Lily Cole, Christopher Plummer
Doctor Parnassus, the leader of a travelling theater troupe called “The Imaginarium”, takes audience
members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations.
2011 – THE WHOLLY FAMILY
By Terry Gilliam
Starring Cristiana Capotondi
An American family in the streets of Naples. Their young son steals a Pulcinella doll, which is reputed
to bring bad luck...
TRIBUTE TO SHAH RUKH KHAN
At 46, Shah Rukh Khan has managed to capture the collective Indian imagination like few
other Bollywood stars have. With a fan following that runs into many millions and a series of
films that speak of tremendous talent and intense hard work, “SRK” or “King Khan”, as he is
popularly known, rules the Indian film industry. His international recognition and fan
following are commendable and unmatched.
Shah Rukh Khan won his first award in 1992, the Filmfare Award for Sensational Debut for his
performance in the film Deewana. Shah Rukh’s heartfelt performance in Sanjay Leela
Bhansali’s magnum opus Devdas not only won him accolades in India, but also went a long
way in making it the Indian entry for the 75th Academy Awards. The film was also screened at
the international Festival de Cannes. Similarly, his home production Paheli was India’s official
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entry in the 2006 Oscars. Spurred on by the resounding success of his efforts, he continues to
star in some of the biggest blockbusters of our times.
To date he has won 14 Filmfare Awards including the Filmfare Power Award which he shared
with veteran superstar Amitabh Bachchan in 2004. SRK has also been honoured with more
than 40 Awards instituted by media and corporate houses such as the Screen Awards, the
Zee Cine Awards, the Sansui Viewers Choice Awards, Hindustan Times Awards, NDTV Awards
etc. His peers in the film industry have also recognized King Khan’s contribution and he has
been bestowed with awards by organizations such as the IIFA, AGFA, and AIFA.
Three National Honours including Best Indian Citizen Award in 1997, Rajiv Gandhi Award for
Excellence in 2002 and Padma Shri in 2005 have been awarded to Shah Rukh Khan.
Shah Rukh visited Edinburgh to participate in the Master Class Event, making him the first
Indian man to receive this honour. SRK wax figure was unveiled at the prestigious Madame
Tussauds museum in April 2007 and another wax figure was unveiled at The Grevin wax
museum in Paris in April 2008. The French Government conferred upon SRK the prestigious
title of “Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters”. Newsweek enlisted him as one of the 50
most important people in the world and it’s a matter of pride that he is one of the two
Indians who featured in this elite list.
SRK heads a successful film production company Red Chillies Entertainment, which has to its
credit some of the most remarkable films and also the biggest hit of 2007, Om Shanti Om by
Farah Khan. His enterprise also boasts of a state of the art VFX division and an AD film making
division. By leading Red Chillies into the Television Software Production division, SRK has
established himself as a successful entrepreneur in the entertainment industry endeavouring
to give back to this field of arts; he has received so much from.
SRK endorses more than 15 national and international brands that have leveraged their
association with this dynamic personality and have grown manifolds. His tryst in the
Television industry as host of Indian versions of shows like Who wants to be a Millionaire?
and Are you smarter than a fifth grader? have won him remarkable accolades. An
‘entertainer’ in true sense of the word, Shah Rukh Khan has enthralled audiences globally by
his live wire performances during super successful shows such as Temptations and
Temptations Reloaded.
Shah Rukh Khan has also been instrumental in funding several charitable causes. Apart form
regular donations to organizations and individuals (especially in case of AIDS and cancer
patients), he was responsible for the creation of a children’s ward at the Nanavati Hospital in
Mumbai, in loving memory of his beloved mother Late Mrs. Lateef Fatima. When the nation
is faced with any calamity, SRK has always come forth and patronised, supported and
donated to various Relief Funds from time to time.
Voted one of the ten sexiest men in Asia and the Asian Hero by Time Magazine, Shah Rukh is
married to childhood sweetheart Gauri and is father to two children. He was born in 1965,
brought up and educated in New Delhi but now stays in Mumbai.
PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY
1992 DEEWANA by Raj Kanwar
RAJU BAN GAYA GENTLEMAN by Aziz Mirza
DIL AASHNA HAI by Hema Malini
CHAMATKAR by Rajiv Mehra
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1993
MAYA MEMSAAB by Ketan Mehta
BAAZIGAR by Abbas-Mastan
DARR by Yash Chopra
KING UNCLE by Rakesh Roshan
KABHI HAAN KABHI NAA by Kundan Shah
1994
ANJAAM by Rahul Rawail
1995
KARAN ARJUN by Rakesh Roshan
ZAMAANA DEEWANA by Ramesh Sippy
OH DARLING YEH HAI INDIA by Ketan Mehta
GUDDU by Prem Lalwani
RAM JAANE by Rajiv Mehra
TRIMURTI by Mukul Anand
DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE by Aditya Chopra
1996
CHAAHAT by Mahesh Bhatt
ENGLISH BABU DESI MEM by Praveen Nischol
ARMY by Raam Shetty
DUSHMAN DUNIYA KA by Mehmood
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1997
YES BOSS by Aziz Mirza
GUDGUDEE by Basu Chatterjee
KOYLA by Rakesh Roshan
PARDES by Subhash Ghai
DIL TO PAGAL HAI by Yash Chopra
1998
KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI by Karan Johar
DUPLICATE by Mahesh Bhatt
ACHANAK by Naresh Malhotra
DIL SE by Mani Ratnam
1999
BAADSHAH by Abbas-Mastan
2000
GAJA GAMINI by Maqbool Fida Husain
PHIR BHI DIL HAI HINDUSTANI by Aziz Mirza *
MOHABBATEIN by Aditya Chopra
JOSH by Mansoor Khan
HAR DIL JO PYAR KAREGA... by Raj Kanwar
HEY RAM by Kamal Haasan
2001
KABHI KHUSHI KABHIE GHAM) by Karan Johar
ONE 2 KA 4 by Shashilal K. Nair
ASOKA by Santosh Sivan *
2002
DEVDAS by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
SHAKTI by Krishna Vamshi
SAATHIYA by Shaad Ali
HUM TUMHARE HAIN SANAM by K.S. Adiyaman
2003
CHALTE CHALTE by Aziz Mirza *
NEW YORK MASALA (Kal Ho Naa Ho) by Nikhil Advani
2004
MAIN HOON NA by Farah Khan *
SWADES by Ashutosh Gowariker
VEER-ZAARA by Yash Chopra
YEH LAMHE JUDAAI KE by Birendra Nath Tiwari
2005
KAAL by Soham Shah *
SILSIILAY by Khalid Mohamed
PAHELI by Amol Palekar *
2006
ALAG, HE IS DIFFERENT, HE IS ALONE by Ashu Trikha
KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA by Karan Johar
DON - THE CHASE BEGINS AGAIN by Farhan Akhtar
I SEE YOU by Vivek Agrawal
2007
CHAK DE INDIA! by Shimit Amin
HEYY BABYY by Sajid Khan
OM SHANTI OM by Farah Khan *
2008
KRAZZY 4 by Jaideep Sen
BHOOTHNATH by Vivek Sharma
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RAB NE BANA DI JODI by Aditya Chopra *
2009
BILLU by Priyadarshan
2010
DULHA MIL GAYA by Muddassar Aziz
MY NAME IS KHAN by Karan Johar
SHAHRUKH BOLA KHOOBSURAT HAI TU by Makrand Deshpande
2011
ALWAYS KABHI KABHI by Roshan Abbas
RA.ONE by Anubhav Sinha **
* also producer
** also screenwriter
For the occasion, the Festival will present the following film:
2010 – MY NAME IS KHAN
By Karan Johar
Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Katie A. Keane
Autistic Rizwan Khan, en-route to meet the President of the USA so that he can convey that his name
is Khan and he is not a terrorist, recalls his life.
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TRIBUTE TO FOREST WHITAKER
©Joe Arce/Starstruck Photo
Born in 1961 in Longview, Texas (USA), Forest Whitaker earned a scholarship to study drama and
then classical music.
He decided he wanted to become an actor after seeing Robert De Niro’s performance in Martin
Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. In 1982, he got his first role in Amy Heckerling’s comedy Fast Time at
Ridgemont High, alongside three other beginners: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicolas Cage and Sean Penn.
His performance as jazz musician Charlie Parker in Clint Eastwood’s Bird earned him the Best Actor
Award at the 1988 Festival de Cannes and a nomination for the Best Actor Golden Globe the
following year.
In 1993, the actor decided to get behind the camera, shooting the television film Strapped for HBO.
Two years later, he directed Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett in his first feature film, Waiting to
Exhale. He repeated the experience in 1998 with romantic drama Hope Floats, starring Sandra
Bullock and Gena Rowlands, and again in 2004 with romantic comedy First Daughter, with Katie
Holmes and Michael Keaton.
Forest Whitaker received the highest accolade in 2007 when he earned the Academy Award for Best
Actor for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada in The Last King of Scotland by Kevin
Macdonald. Two years later, he crossed paths with French director Olivier Dahan, freshly praised for
his film La Vie en Rose, who later directed him in My Own Love Song.
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PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR
1982 FAST TIME AT RIDGEMONT HIGH by Amy Heckerling
1986 THE COLOR OF MONEY by Martin Scorsese
PLATOON by Oliver Stone
1987 STAKEOUT by John Badham
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM by Barry Levinson
1988 BIRD by Clint Eastwood
1989 JOHNNY HANDSOME by Walter Hill
1990 DOWNTOWN by Richard Benjamin
1991 RAGE IN HARLEM by Bill Duke
DIARY OF A HIT MAN by Roy London
1992 ARTICLE 99 by Howard Deutch
THE CRYING GAME by Neil Jordan
CONSENTING ADULTS by Alan J. Pakula
1993 BODY SNATCHERS by Abel Ferrara
1994 BLOWN AWAY by Stephen Hopkins
JASON’S LYRIC by Doug McHenry
PRÊT-À-PORTER by Robert Altman
1995 SMOKE by Wayne Wang
SPECIES by Roger Donaldson
1996 PHENOMENON by Jon Turteltaub
1998 BODY COUNT by Robert Patton-Spruill
1999 GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (Ghost Dog, la voie du samouraï) by Jim Jarmusch
2000 BATTLEFIELD EARTH by Roger Christian
2001 GREEN DRAGON by Timothy Linh Bui
THE FOURTH ANGEL by John Irvin
2002 PANIC ROOM by David Fincher
PHONE BOOTH by Joel Schumacher
2005 MARY by Abel Ferrara
FIRST DAUGHTER by Forest Whitaker
A LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN by Baltasar Kormákur
2006 EVERYONE’S HERO by Colin Brady, Christopher Reeve & Dan St. Pierre
2007 THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND by Kevin Macdonald
2008 STREET KINGS by David Ayer
VANTAGE POINT by Pete Travis
2009 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Spike Jonze
2010 REPO MEN by Miguel Sapochnik
MY OWN LOVE SONG by Olivier Dahan
LULLABY by Benoît Philippon
DIRECTOR
1995 WAITING TO EXHALE
1998 HOPE FLOATS
2004 FIRST DAUGHTER
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For the occasion, the Festival will present the following films:
1999 – GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI
By Jim Jarmusch
Starring Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva
“Ghost Dog” is a professional killer guided by the words of an ancient samurai text. When he is
betrayed by the mafia family that occasionally employs him, he reacts strictly in accord with “the Way
of the Samurai”.
2002 – PANIC ROOM
By David Fincher
Starring Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto
Meg Altman and her daughter move into an old-fashioned house of New York. In their first night in
the house, three burglars come looking for a hidden cache of cash.
2005 – MARY
By Abel Ferrara
Starring Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Modine, Heather Graham
Between fascinations and quests for spiritual truth, destiny will unite an actress playing the role of
Mary Magdalene, a director and a famous TV journalist.
2006 – THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
By Kevin Macdonald
Starring Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson
1970. A Scottish young doctor moves to Uganda to seek adventure. While working in a missionary
clinic in the country, he meets the new President Idi Amin Dada. He is invited to become his personal
physician.
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TRIBUTE TO ROSCHDY ZEM
©Marcel Hartmann/Getty Images
The son of Moroccan immigrants, young Roschdy Zem took drama classes and had a passion for
football. His first cinema-related experience dates back to 1987 (he was an extra on Les Keufs), yet he
was still a young man selling jeans on markets then, with no intention to become an actor. He was
spotted by an assistant of director André Téchiné, who offered him small parts in I Don’t Kiss (1991)
and My Favourite Season (1991). He also started to perform on stage occasionally.
Roschdy Zem was 30 years old when his acting career took off, with Don't Forget You're Going to Die
by Xavier Beauvois and En avoir (ou pas) by Laetitia Masson. Art cinema quickly got crazy about this
sturdy and very sensitive young man, who then appeared in films by Patrice Chéreau (Those Who
Love Me Can Take the Train), Philippe Garel, and many first films like Louise (Take 2), The Other Shore
(1997) or Living in Paradise (1998).
Like Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem opened the way for actors of Arab descent in France, by
distinguishing himself in a variety of roles and films: films dealing with social issues like Save Me or
My Little Business by Pierre Jolivet, for which he was nominated for the Cesar for the Best Supporting
Actor; blockbuster comedies like The Race, Blanche or Chouchou; or psychological films like Alias
Betty or Ordo. Either an informer in 36, a cop in The Young Lieutenant by Xavier Beauvois (which
earned him a new Cesar nomination), this talented character actor, who learnt Hebrew for Live and
Become and took on a Serbian accent in French California, won the Best Actor Award in 2006 at the
Festival de Cannes, alongside his partners, for Days of Glory, a war film about the North African
soldiers mobilized in 1943.
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2006 was also the year of his debut as a director with Bad Faith, in which he also played the leading
part. In 2008, he was in love with The Girl from Monaco, he overtrained for his role in Go Fast, and
happily reunited with Pierre Jolivet for La Très Très Grande Entreprise. His performance as a lawyer
with a guilty conscience in Legal Aid (2009) was acclaimed by the critics, as was his work in his friend
Pascal Elbé’s first film, Turk’s Head. In 2010, the colonial infantrymen from North Africa were back in
Cannes with Outside the Law, again in the Official Competition of the Festival, with Roschdy Zem
teaming up again with fellow award winners Jamel Debbouze and Sami Bouajila. That same year,
Roschdy Zem directed his second feature film, Omar Killed Me, based on the Omar Raddad case.
FILMOGRAPHY - DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER
2006 BAD FAITH (Mauvaise Foi) –co-written by Pascal Elbé
2011 OMAR KILLED ME (Omar m’a tuer) –co-written by Olivier Gorce
PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY - ACTOR
1991 I DON’T KISS (J’embrasse pas) by André Téchiné
1995 DON’T FORGET YOU’RE GOING TO DIE (N’oublie pas que tu vas mourir) by Xavier Beauvois
EN AVOIR (OU PAS) by Laetitia Masson
1996 CLUBBED TO DEATH (Lola) by Yolande Zauberman
1997 THE OTHER SHORE (L’Autre Côté de la mer) by Dominique Cabrera
LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC (Vive la république) by Éric Rochant
FRED by Pierre Jolivet
1998 ALICE AND MARTIN (Alice et Martin) by André Téchiné
THOSE WHO LOVE ME CAN TAKE THE TRAIN (Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le train) by Patrice Chéreau
FOR SALE (À vendre) by Laetitia Masson
LOUISE (TAKE 2) by Siegfried
LIVING IN PARADISE (Vivre au paradis) by Bourlem Guerdjou
1999 THE CITY (La Ville) by Yousry Nasrallah
MY LITTLE BUSINESS (Ma petite entreprise) by Pierre Jolivet
2000 STAND BY by Roch Stephanik
SAVE ME (Sauve-moi) by Christian Vincent
ENCHANTED INTERLUDE (La Parenthèse enchantée) by Michel Spinoza
2001 LITTLE SENEGAL by Rachid Bouchareb
CHANGE MY LIFE (Change-moi ma vie) by Liria Bejeja
2002 BLANCHE by Bernie Bonvoisin
MERCI DR REY by Andrew Litvack
2003 SANSA by Siegfried
ONLY GIRLS (Filles uniques) by Pierre Jolivet
CHOUCHOU by Merzak Allouache
MONSIEUR N. by Antoine de Caunes
2004 ORDO by Laurence Ferreira-Barbosa
36 (36 quai des Orfèvres) by Olivier Marchal
2005 CAMPING À LA FERME by Jean-Pierre Sinapi
LIVE AND BECOME (Vas, vis et deviens) by Radu Mihaileanu
THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT (Le Petit Lieutenant) by Xavier Beauvois
2006 FRENCH CALIFORNIA (La Californie) by Jacques Fieschi
DAYS OF GLORY (Indigènes) by Rachid Bouchareb
BAD FAITH (Mauvaise Foi) by Roschdy Zem
2008 GO FAST by Olivier Van Hoofstadt
THE GIRL FROM MONACO (La Fille de Monaco) by Anne Fontaine
LA TRÈS TRÈS GRANDE ENTREPRISE by Pierre Jolivet
2009 LONDON RIVER by Rachid Bouchareb
LEGAL AID (Commis d’office) by Hannelore Cayre
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2010
2011
2012
TURK’S HEAD (Tête de Turc) by Pascal Elbé
HAPPY FEW by Antony Cordier
OUTSIDE THE LAW (Hors-la-loi) by Rachid Bouchareb
POINT BLANK (A bout portant) by Fred Cavayé
PARIS BY NIGHT (Une nuit) by Philippe Lefebvre
THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY (Sans issue) by Mabrouk El Mechri
For the occasion, the Festival will present the following films:
1998 - LIVING IN PARADISE (Vivre au paradis)
By Bourlem Guerdjou
Starring Roschdy Zem, Fadila Belkebla, Omar Bekhaled, Hiam Abbass, Farida Rahouadj
The Algerian war is under way. Lakhdar, an immigrant construction worker, lives in the Nanterre
shantytown. He can no longer bear living alone and makes his wife and kids join him in France. Since
then, he will have one obsession: having a proper apartment for his family.
2006 - BAD FAITH (Mauvaise Foi)
By Roschdy Zem
Starring Roschdy Zem, Cécile de France, Pascal Elbé, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Clara is Jew, Ismael is Arabic. They are a happy and fulfilled couple. When Clara becomes pregnant,
it’s the happiest day of their lives. Until now all goes well…
2006 - DAYS OF GLORY (Indigènes)
By Rachid Bouchareb
Starring Roschdy Zem, Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan
1943. They have yet to set foot in France, but because it's wartime, Saïd, Abdelkader, Messaoud and
Yassir decide to join the French army to free the country from the Nazi enemy, like 130,000 other
"natives".
2011 - OMAR KILLED ME (Omar m’a tuer)
By Roschdy Zem
Starring Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydès, Maurice Bénichou
In 1991, Omar Raddad is jailed for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal who employed him as a gardener.
Three years later, a writer convinced of Omar's innocence decides to launch his own investigation into
the case.
2011 - PARIS BY NIGHT (Une nuit)
By Philippe Lefebvre
Starring Roschdy Zem, Sara Forestier, Samuel Le Bihan
Paris. Simon Weiss, head of the Paris Vice Squad, begins his daily rounds through the city at night. He
is doing his job. But that night is not like the other ones…
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GENERATION MEXIQUE
Mexico, the wild years
The 2000s, the Mexican years? The last decade surely had its share of flourishing cinemas (South
Korea, Argentina, Thailand…), but the most explosive new wave probably came from Mexico. The
alarm was raised in 2000 by Alejandro González Iñárritu with a sensation: Amores perros, a
hyperreal, stylized film that broke with the fake-Hollywood trend of the national production and
significantly changed the face of Mexican cinema, whilst making Gael García Bernal’s face into the
very symbol of this state of grace. In their wake, Alfonso Cuarón delivered a film of great naturalist
freshness (Y tu mama también), while Carlos Carrera (El Crimen del Padre Amaro) or Fernando
Eimbcke (Duck Season) confirmed the revival. Carlos Reygadas pulled out all the stops with Japón
(2002), a true sound and visual trance on the topic of Salvation: the sexual and mystical morbidity of
the film, its extraordinary formal strength established Reygadas as the leader of the new
independent cinema, thus taking over from grand baroque master Arturo Ripstein. While Iñárritu
kept on working in an increasingly “international” fashion with 21 Grams, Babel and Biutiful
(American productions crammed with stars), Reygadas remained fiercely independent. Carried along
by the momentum, many authors asserted themselves over the years, shooting contemporary
Mexico with amazing acuteness. In Sangre or Los Bastardos, young prodigy Amat Escalante displayed
the cycle of violence and corruption plaguing a degenerating society, with a head-on,
uncompromising style that makes him one of the most promising disciples of Reygadas. Enrique
Rivero with Parque vía (2008) and Rodrigo Plá with La Zona (2007) also gave their own account of the
rage and social concerns shared by their generation. Although young Mexican cinema is imbued with
violence, it finds in the resources of escape (Pedro González-Rubio’s strange and beautiful Alamar)
and genre cinema a great terrain for sublimation, as shown by Guillermo Del Toro’s baroque work
(Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth…) or Jorge Michel Grau’s remarkable We Are What We Are
(2010)…Considering the countless promises of these last few years (Leap Year by Michael Rowe,
Norteado by Rigoberto Perezcano, Abel, the first film of star Diego Luna, or Miss Bala by Gerardo
Naranjo, which is to represent the country at the Oscars…), Mexico is probably only beginning to
consume the fire of its uninhibited youth.
Vincent Malausa, Cahiers du cinéma
AMORES PERROS
By Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
2000
A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with life's harsh
realities.
THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO (El Crimen del Padre Amaro)
By Carlos Carrera
Starring Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón
2001
Recently ordained priest, Father Amaro is sent to a small parish church to assist the aging Father
Benito. Upon arriving, he meets Amelia, a beautiful religious girl. He soon discovers that temptation
can demand a heavy price…
Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN
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By Alfonso Cuarón
Starring Ana López Mercado, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Nathan Grinberg
Julio and Tenoch are two teens ruled by raging hormones. During a wedding, they meet Luisa and try
to convince her to go on a road trip. To their surprise, she agrees to go along.
THE VIRGIN OF LUST (La Virgen de la lujuria)
By Arturo Ripstein
Starring Luis Felipe Tovar, Ariadna Gil, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Juan Diego
2002
Ignacio is a reserved and lonely waiter at Ofelia Cafe. His world is turned upside-down when a Spanish
prostitute begins hanging out at the café.
JAPAN (Japón)
By Carlos Reygadas
Starring Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martín Serrano
2003
A man leaves the city to venture into the rural interior of Mexico and prepare his death. He finds
lodging in the barn of an old woman, overlooking a desolate canyon.
DUCK SEASON (Temporada de patos)
By Fernando Eimbcke
Starring Carolina Politi, Daniel Miranda, Diego Cataño, Danny Perea
2004
Two teenagers try to survive another boring Sunday. But some events are about to ruin what was
shaping up to be a great day.
DRAMA / MEX
By Gerardo Naranjo
Starring Fernando Becerril, Juan Pablo Castaneda, Diana García, Martha Claudia Moreno
2006
Acapulco, a once luxury port city now in decadence, serves as a background for a suicidal old man, a
runaway girl and a young couple who faces the hardships of separation.
PAN'S LABYRINTH (El Laberinto del fauno)
By Guillermo del Toro
Starring Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones
2006
A little girl finds escape and solace in a mysterious labyrinth she discovers near her new home. It is
there that she meets its guardian, the magical and a little demonic Pan.
PARQUE VÍA
By Enrique Rivero
Starring Nolberto Coria, Nancy Orozco, Tesalia Huerta
2007
Beto is the custodian of a house who is living a secluded life. Once he learns that the house will soon
be sold, he is confronted to the dilemma of gathering the courage to get out and get a life or find a
way of remaining in his confinement.
LA ZONA
2007
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By Rodrigo Plá
Starring Daniel Giménez Cacho, Daniel Tovar, Alan Chávez, Carlos Bardem
After a burglary attempt, the citizens of a beautiful neighbourhood decide to take the law into their
own hands.
THE BASTARDS (Los Bastardos)
By Amat Escalante
Starring Jesus Moises Rodriguez, Rubén Sosa, Nina Zavarin, Kenny Johnston
2008
Two Mexican day-labourers go about their daily routine, waiting for work to come. Today, the job
they are given is well paid: break into a woman’s house whose husband has hired them to kill her.
ALAMAR
By Pedro González-Rubio
Starring Jorge Machado, Roberta Palombini, Natan Machado Palombini, Nestór Marín
2009
A father and his son go on a journey to the source of the open sea to find their old way of life.
NORTHLESS (Norteado)
By Rigoberto Perezcano
Starring Harold Torres, Sonia Couoh, Alicia Lagunes, Luis Cárdenas
2009
Andrés reaches the Mexican border to cross into the United States. Between each attempt, he
discovers that Tijuana is a troubled city.
ABEL
By Diego Luna
Starring Christopher Ruíz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruíz-Esparza, José Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi
2010
Abel, a nine-year-old boy, has stopped talking since his father left home. One morning he starts to
speak again, pretending to be the head of the family. No one dares to challenge this miracle. One day
a man shows up at the door: his father.
BECLOUDED (Vaho)
By Alejandro Gerber Bicecci
Starring Francisco Godínez, Aldo Estuardo, Roberto Mares, Joel Figueroa
2010
Three young men, friends since boyhood, are linked by a defining incident that connects the destinies
of their entire neighbourhood.
BIUTIFUL
By Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
2010
Sensing the danger of death, a man tries to reconcile with love and save his children as he tries to
save himself.
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By Fernando Eimbcke, Patricia Riggen, Carlos Reygadas, Amat Escalante, Gael García Bernal, Mariana
Chenillo, Rodrigo Plá, Gerardo Naranjo, Diego Luna, Rodrigo García
Starring Ansberto Flores López, Adriana Barraza, Cirilo Recio, Aldo Carpintero Bernal, Mónica
Bejarano, Justo Martínez, Noe Hernandez, Ari Brickman, Paul Cabrera
The Mexican revolution began one hundred years ago with the overthrow of the country’s dictatorial
President Porfirio Díaz. Ten directors look back at the violent upheaval that was to bring dramatic
changes to the country.
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (Somos lo que hay)
By Jorge Michel Grau
Starring Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina Gaitán, Carmen Beato
2010
A man dies in the street, leaving his widow and children destitute. The devastated family is
confronted with a terrible challenge - how to survive as they have always existed on a diet of human
flesh?
DAYS OF GRACE (Días de gracia)
By Everardo Gout
Starring Tenoch Huerta, Kristian Ferrer, Dolores Heredia, Carlos Bardem
2011
Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A bride. Corruption, violence, revenge. 3 lives,
through 30 days and 3 Soccer World Cups. 3 ways to fight for survival...
MISS BALA
By Gerardo Naranjo
Starring Stephanie Sigman, Irene Azuela, Noe Hernandez, James Russo
2011
In Mexico, a young aspiring beauty queen finds her dream turned against her when she unwillingly
gets involved with the members of a drug cartel.
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CINEMA FOR THE BLIND
Following the previous years’ success of the screenings for the blind and partially sighted audience,
the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) continues to program in this year’s edition new
audio-described feature films including the new Moroccan feature film adapted in 2011 by the FIFM
Foundation to this new technique: this film is Lalla Hobby directed by Mohammed Abderrahmane
Tazi.
For this 1997 film, the Foundation invited two young Moroccan presenters, Aziza Laâyouni et
Mohamed Ammora, to be the audio-description narrators of the film.
Following the example of previous editions, the blind and partially sighted guests of the Festival
coming from all around the Kingdom are entirely taken care of by the Foundation, thus allowing
them to attend the screenings with audio-description of the eight selected films.
The Alaouite Organisation for the Protection of the Blind in Morocco offers the Braille leaflets in
three languages (Arabic, French & English) listing the synopsis of the audio-described films.
2011 CATARACT OPERATIONS
In partnership with the FIFM Foundation, the Hassan II Ophthalmology Foundation and the Ministry
of Health, cataract operations are provided for the fourth time free of charge to 300 patients from
the whole Marrakech Tensift Al Haouz region. The operations are performed at the Ibn Al Antaki
Hospital in Marrakech, from December 5 to 9, 2011.
FILMS IN AUDIO DESCRIPTION FOR THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED AUDIENCE
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARTE
1934 – L'ATALANTE
By Jean Vigo
Starring Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis
When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live on his ship. Soon bored by life on the river, she slips off
to see the nightlife when they come to Paris. Angered by this, Jean sets off, leaving Juliette behind…
1951 – THE AFRICAN QUEEN
By John Huston
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull
In Africa during the First World War, a riverboat captain is persuaded by a missionary to use his boat
to attack an enemy warship.
1951 – STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
By Alfred Hitchcock
Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll
Bruno Antony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father. And when he meets
tennis pro Guy Haines on a train, he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off.
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1955 – EAST OF EDEN
By Elia Kazan
Starring James Dean, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Julie Harris
Cal Trask is an unhappy young man. He is always competing with his brother Aron, who seems to be
perfect in almost every way. Aron is also their father's favorite and Cal desperately wants his father's
love and affection.
1985 – VAGABOND (Sans toit ni loi)
By Agnès Varda
Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss
The final weeks of a young vagabond as she camps alone or falls in with various men and women.
1997 – LALLA HOBBY
By Mohammed Abderrahman Tazi
Starring Amidou, Amina Rachid, Naïma Lemcherqui, Samya Akariou
Mohamed Ben Moussa has repudiated his third wife who eventually got married with another man.
He decides to follow this man to Belgium.
1999 – MY LITTLE BUSINESS (Ma petite entreprise)
By Pierre Jolivet
Starring Vincent Lindon, François Berléand, Roschdy Zem, Zabou Breitman
A wood worker is trying hard to make his company survive every day... But a fire in his workshop
leaves him in a lot of trouble when he realizes his insurer was swindling him - he does not have any
insurance...
2002 – 8 FEMMES
By François Ozon
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant
At an isolated mansion, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at
all because their patriarch has been murdered. The killer can only be one of the eight women closest
to the man of the house.
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PLACE JEMAA EL FNA
Every year, the Festival presents outdoor screenings at the historic Jemaa El Fna square, with its
UNESCO protected traditional activities and spectacle. Among storytellers, musicians and performers,
directors and actors from around the world take the stage to introduce their films to an audience of
up to 25 000. Among past memorable moments are the screenings of Devdas introduced by actress
Aishwarya Rai, Days of Glory introduced by cast members Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami
Bouajila and The Aviator introduced by Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Di Caprio.
THE BEAR (L’Ours)
By Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe
1988 - France/USA
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
ADIEU FORAIN (Bya bya souirti)
1998 - Morocco
By Daoud Aoulad Syad
Starring Mohamed Bastaoui, Abdellah Diddane, Hassan Skalli, Nazha Rahil, Mohamed Miftah
The story of three destinies sharing the same itinerary: the one of Rabii, dreaming of a better future,
the one of Kacem, sick and trying to escape a dark past he could not forget, and the one of his sole
son, Larbi, a former boxer and convict, violent and mythomaniac.
GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI
By Jim Jarmusch
Starring Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva
1999 France/Germany/USA/Japan
“Ghost Dog” is a professional killer guided by the words of an ancient samurai text. When he is
betrayed by the mafia family that occasionally employs him, he reacts strictly in accord with “the Way
of the Samurai”.
VATEL
2000 By Roland Joffé
France/United Kingdom/Belgium
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall
In 1671, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. In
charge of all is Vatel, a man of honor and low birth.
PAN'S LABYRINTH (El Laberinto del fauno)
By Guillermo del Toro
Starring Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones
2006 - Mexico/Spain
A little girl finds escape and solace in a mysterious labyrinth she discovers near her new home. It is
there that she meets its guardian, the magical and a little demonic Pan.
MARADONA BY KUSTURICA
By Emir Kusturica
2008 - Spain/France
The story of Diego Maradona, a soccer legend, a fallen idol and a model for generations throughout the
world.
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THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
2009 By Terry Gilliam
United Kingdom/Canada/France
Starring Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Lily Cole, Christopher Plummer
Doctor Parnassus, the leader of a travelling theater troupe called “The Imaginarium”, takes audience
members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations.
MY NAME IS KHAN
By Karan Johar
Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Katie A. Keane
2010 - India
Autistic Rizwan Khan, en-route to meet the President of the USA so that he can convey that his name
is Khan and he is not a terrorist, recalls his life.
OMAR M’A TUER
By Roschdy Zem
Starring Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydès, Maurice Bénichou
2011 - France
In 1991, Omar Raddad is jailed for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal who employed him as a gardener.
Three years later, Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard, a writer convinced of Omar's innocence, decides to
launch his own investigation into the case.
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MASTERCLASS
Having hosted Martin Scorsese in 2007, Alfonso Cuarón, Jim Jarmusch and Emir Kusturica in 2009,
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne, Lee Changdong and Francis Ford Coppola (in a Conversation) in 2010,
the Marrakech International Film Festival once again presents a series of Master classes.
Participants for the 2011 Master classes include French director and screenwriter JEAN-JACQUES
ANNAUD, Italian director MARCO BELLOCCHIO, Turkish director and screenwriter NURI BILGE
CEYLAN, American director and screenwriter TERRY GILLIAM and British director, screenwriter and
producer ROLAND JOFFÉ. They will be moderated by Jean-Pierre Lavoignat, cinema journalist and
critic, and Marco Bellocchio’s Masterclass will be moderated by N.T. Binh, cinema journalist and
critic.
As previously, by hosting these Master Classes, the Festival gives both students and festival-goers a
unique opportunity to take a look behind the scenes and get a better understanding of the creative
process involved in filmmaking. Not often does one get to meet filmmakers and screenwriters
sharing their experience as well as their mutual passion for the art of cinema with festival-goers,
cinema fans as well as industry professionals.
These five rendez-vous will be held in the Salle des Ambassadeurs of the Palais des Congrès and
will be translated into French, Arabic and English.
Sunday December 4 at 05.30 pm: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Monday December 5 at 05.30 pm: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Tuesday December 6 at 05.30 pm: Roland Joffé
Wednesday December 7 at 05.30 pm : Terry Gilliam
Friday December 9 at 05.00 pm: Marco Bellocchio
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FESTIVAL PARTNERS
The Marrakech International Film Festival 2011 would like to extend a special thank you to our
partners for their precious support:
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SNRT
CCM
LA MAMOUNIA
OCP
ROYAL AIR MAROC
ES SAADI PALACE
FONDATION BANQUE POPULAIRE
MANSOUR EDDAHBI / PALAIS DES CONGRÈS
FONDATION ONA
MAROC TELECOM
AKWA GROUP
SOREAD 2M
RENAULT
ATLAS HOSPITALITY & SPA
ONMT
EURONEWS
MAISON DE L’ARTISAN
ALLIANCES
SOFITEL LUXURY HOTELS
DIOR
LVT
FRANCE 2
ALPHA BUREAU
BMCE
LGE
UTRAM
ONDA
DESSANGE
MOROCCAN TOUCH
LES CAFES DUBOIS
AUFAIT
LE COLISÉE
FCTM
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The Moroccan Cinematographic Center is pleased to join this new edition of the
International Film Festival of Marrakech.
This support is a continuation of a professional and movie buff partnership which the
principal objective is to reinforce the current dynamics of the Moroccan cinema within
which of the IFFM constitutes a formidable window and an irreplaceable space of meeting
and exchange.
The MCC, as a public expression of development and promotion of Moroccan cinema,
reiterates thus its multiform support for the International Film Festival of Marrakech.
Press contact:
Tarek Khalami
0522 20 20 30
0661 21 18 09
Mail : t.khalami@ccm.ma
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ROYAL AIR MAROC LEADING PARTNER OF THE MARRAKESH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
As part of lending its support to cultural activities, Royal Air Maroc reestablishes its partnership with
the International Film Festival of Marrakesh 2011 for its 11th edition.
The national company is proud to be a partner of this prestigious event, considered today among the
great events of international cinema.
This festival has a positive impact on the national cinema and on the influence of Morocco on a
global level.
Royal Air Maroc plays an undisputable role in the development of Moroccan tourism and culture and
quite naturally lends its support to the major events and festivals which contribute to the promotion
of Morocco as a destination.
Although Royal Air Maroc is by trade an airline, it promotes daily the culture and tourism of Morocco.
Royal Air Maroc invites its clients, fans of the cinema, to share the magical moments, filled with
emotion within the setting of this grand scale event.
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The Es Saadi Palace, Master Partner of the 2011 International Film Festival of Marrakech
The Es Saadi has been the official partner of the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM)
since its creation in 2007, and as a token of appreciation for its hospitality and of the quality
of service, it has once again been honoured MASTER Partner of the 11th edition of the
Festival.
As a Master partner, the Es Saadi Palace and Villas will host again the most famous
celebrities. Stars are coming from all over the world, and especially from Mexico this year, as
this 11th edition of the festival specially honours Mexican cinema.
“Since its creation, Marrakech International Film Festival has established itself as one of the
most famous Film festivals around the world and its reputation is increasing all the time,
bringing the most famous celebrities of the Film industry to Marrakech. It gained its
reputation thanks to its uniqueness, a mix between the best recent movies and classics ones
that both the guests and the people of the city of Marrakech can discover or re-discover.
Cinemas from all over the world have been successively honoured, while actors, film-makers
and cinema-lovers met here in Marrakech sharing their passion for cinema. We are delighted
to host again the cinema VIPs at the Palace and the Villas and make them discover or rediscover Marrakech and its timeless charm”, stated Elisabeth Bauchet-Bouhlal, General
Manager of Es Saadi Gardens & Resort.
In the heart of Marrakech amidst a luxuriant twenty acre park, the Es Saadi Gardens &
Resort is the ideal haven to host the festival guests with its renowned 5 star Hotel, a Palace,
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10 themed Villas, 8 berber Ksars, exceptional meeting rooms like the Jean Bauchet Ballroom
(500 sqm completely equipped), two Spas and a Dior Institut, nine restaurants, and two
famous Marrakchi night venues, The Casino de Marrakech and the TheatrO nightclub.
For the 2010 edition of the Festival, the Palace and the Villas hosted celebrities of the French
delegation amongst whom Sophie Marceau and Christophe Lambert, Marion Cotillard and
Guillaume Canet, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Dujardin and Alexandra Lamy, Gaspard Ulliel,
Claude Brasseur and Elsa Zylberstein…
For the 2009 edition, all the members of the Jury including Fanny Ardant, Isabella Ferrari and
Marisa Paredes and its president the Iranian scenarist Abbas Kiarostami, as well as the 4
honourees: Sir Ben Kingsley, Emir Kusturica, Said Taghmaoui and Christopher Walken chose
to be hosted at the Es Saadi Palace and Villas.
For the 2008 edition of the festival the honouree American actress, Sigourney Weaver, the
actress and producer Michele Yeoh, the actors of the James Jump “Casino Royale”, Hugh
Hudson and Caterina Murino and the chairman of the Jury, Barry Levinson were all hosted at
the Es Saadi Palace and Villas.
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Cultural Partnership between ONA Foundation and the Foundation of Marrakech
International Film Festival.
On the occasion of the Marrakech International Film Festival, which will be held from the
2nd through the 10th of December 2011, ONA Foundation joins the Foundation of the
Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) for the promotion of film creation.
Following the tradition of initiative and opening undertaken by Morocco, and as regards to
film creation, the Marrakech International Film Festival aims at being a link of expression and
discovery by raising very high the challenge of diversity, exchange, positive confrontation
and enrichment. The purpose of FIFM is to promote and institutionalize this event.
The ONA Foundation has always maintained an open mind toward the world and over the
world, and has participated actively in the influence of Morocco on the cultural level. It aims
at encouraging culture under all its forms, a strong commitment in favor of the universality
of human expression, the intercultural exchange, the emergence of talents, and the
enrichment of citizenship by the access of the largest number to education, art and culture.
Thus, this partnership translates this common vision of the promotion of culture and cultural
diversity, essential to the peoples’ closeness and the mutual enrichment.
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AKWA GROUP, company citizen,
Official partner of the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival
For the tenth consecutive year, Akwa Group has been partner of the Marrakech International
Film Festival (MIFF), which will be held from December 2rd to 10th, 2011. A major cinema event
in our country, the MIFF has acquired an international notoriety and has been attracting each
year thousands of film enthusiast tourists.
During 9 days, this large-scale cultural event will be attended by many national and
international cinema stars and will display an intense and authentic schedule.
Akwa Group has been faithfully coaching the MIFF since its start, participating in the promotion
of the Moroccan cinema throughout the world as well as the development of the emerging
national cinema industry.
A company committed to developing its country, Akwa Group has been leading each year
several actions to promote the national cultural and artistic initiatives. From sponsoring cinema
events and music festivals, to Moroccan artists and charities, through the fitting of public
spaces or sports sponsoring, these actions share the will to contribute to the blooming of
Moroccan citizens.
In this regard, Akwa Group has been contributing to the rehabilitation of the musical
inheritance through supporting artists such as Nass Al Ghiwane, Oudaden or Izenzaren. The
group also counts among the official sponsors of the Agadir Timitar Festival which reflects the
meeting between the amazighe culture and the world music, and has been actively working for
the safeguard of natural spaces through the “Clean Beaches” campaign in the area of Agadir as
well as the promotion of national sports through supporting many disciplines and events.
The ambition of the group is to be a model, not only for its financial and economic
performance, but also for its strict requirements in terms of social and environmental
obligations. The group has been committed to practicing its business in the strict respect of
nature and humanity.
Akwa Group highly welcomes you to discover the Marrakech International Film Festival, the
symbiosis between culture, art, creativity and diversity.
About Akwa Group
Akwa Group is the first Moroccan energy group, leader in the distribution of fuels and gas in
Morocco in particular through its brands Afriquia, Afriquia Gaz and Tissir Gaz. It also operates
in other industries such as the media, hostelry and the real estate, thus having a portfolio of
about sixty companies and twenty brands.
Km 7, Route De Rabat- Ain Sebaa –BP 2545 Casablanca- Morocco
Phone: 05 22 35 22 90 - Fax: 05 22 35 44 46
www.akwagroup.com
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RENAULT OFFICIAL PARTNER OF THE 11th EDITION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF MARRAKECH
Renault is – for the fourth consecutive time - the official partner of the
International Film Festival of Marrakech. By this partnership, Renault proves its
commitment to the Moroccan Kingdom and its historical role of Cinema partner, in
particular by associating with prestigious film festivals such as Cannes, Deauville, and
for four years now, Marrakech.
From the 2nd until the 10th of December 2011, Renault will provide the Festival
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with the whole fleet. Latitude will be in the place of honor of the 11 Edition of the
International Film Festival of Marrakech. The public will be able to discover the
representative of the Renault premium segment which will escort actors and celebrities
invited by the Festival up to the red carpet.
For the second time, Renault will invite 600 film-lovers to an official party on
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Friday December the 9 . This evening will gather actors, filmmakers, journalists and
VIPs in a festive atmosphere surrounded by the brand colors.
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edition is a tribute to the Mexican cinema. Several big names in the
golden age of Mexican cinema will be present at Marrakech. The Festival will also
promote the country new generation of filmakers, recognized by its vitality and
diversity.
Press Contact:
M’Hamed TAZI
Tel: +212 661 898 337
Email: mhamed.tazi@renault.com
www.renault.ma
Communications Headquarters
44, bd Khalid Ibnou Loualid - Aïn Sebaâ – Casablanca
Tel.: +212 522 763287– Fax: +212 522 349881
Website : www.renault.ma
 Renault - Direction de la communication / Corporate Communications
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About euronews
Launched in January 1993, euronews is a multiplatform media covering world affairs 24/7 in eleven editions:
Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and Farsi.
First international news channel in Europe, euronews covers world news with objectivity and neutrality. At the
core of euronews editorial line stands the belief that sensational approach in journalism forces judgments while
the role of a news channel is to give the material for people to build their own opinion on the world. Everyday
Euronews works in this direction, giving a voice to each points of views and angles on a wide range of issues.
Euronews’ independence and priority to facts create a positive environment for culture to express. Euronews is
the news channel the more attached to cinema and its diversity, covering both mainstream and independent films.
Euronews features a multibroadcasted Cinema Magazine and chose to be Media Partner of four Film Festivals
acknowledged for their quality and originality.
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It is in this context that Euronews is honoured to be Official Media Partner of the 11 edition of the International
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Film Festival of Marrakech for the 4 time consecutively.
www.euronews.net
Contact Partnerships: Chinda Bandhavong
Address 50, av. des Champs Elysées 75008 Paris - France
Telephone +33 (0)1 53 96 92 80
Fax +33 (0)1 53 96 92 76
email bandhavong@euronews.net
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ALLIANCES GROUP, OFFICIAL PARTNER OF THE MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2011 EDITION
Alliances Group, the leading integrated Real Estate and Tourism Group in Morocco, is reasserting its
support to art and film industry in Morocco by partnering with the 11th edition of the Marrakech
International Film Festival, scheduled to be held from December 2 to 12, 2011.
As the official partner of this incontrovertible cinematic appointment, Alliances Group is asserting its
involvement and commitment to the Kingdom's cultural, artistic and touristic blossoming, thereby
emphasizing the existing synergy between its ambitions and those of this major event for Morocco.
Just like the values promoted by the Marrakech Film Festival, this commitment to promoting
the intercultural exchanges and to enhancing both the cultural diversity and the sharing of universal
values have also guided the architectural orientations of Al Maaden, a golf Resort designed by
Alliances Group in Marrakech. A meeting point halfway between tradition and modernity,
refinement and simplicity, Al Maaden Golf Resorts will also be honored to host the opening evening
of this 11th edition, bringing together more than 1000 guests.
An exceptional location and reference destination in Marrakech, Al Maaden Golf Resorts also offers
its guests and visitors a journey into the world of art and culture both locally and internationally.
Thus, a space dedicated to art promotion has been regularly hosting cultural events such as Al
Maaden Art Project 1, which was organized in 2010 in collaboration with Shart Gallery. More
recently, Al Maaden supported the Marrakech Art Fair cultural circuit, a hot spot of international
contemporary art in the Red City, by opening the riads of its modern medina to two exhibitions
designed by renowned gallery owners.
By joining forces with the now legendary Marrakech International Film Festival, Alliances Group is
further cementing its citizen and responsible corporate position so as to contribute to the social and
cultural development of Morocco through the promotion of Arts. As a very active tour operator in
Marrakech renowned for its outstanding hotels in the region, the Group also intends through this
partnership to enhance the international reputation of Marrakech city.
About Alliances Group
The leading integrated real estate and tourism group in Morocco, Alliances stands out by its ability to
develop large-scale projects and by the variety of its expertise. Engaging in intermediate housing,
residential and commercial real estate, golf resorts, provision of services as well as in the construction
and hotel industry, Alliances covers a broad field of activity throughout the Kingdom and provides
practical solutions where know-how and quality go hand in hand. A committed player in the economic
and social development, Alliances Group has established itself by the strength of its convictions
and its true vision of future.
About Al Maaden
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An exceptional residential and leisure complex stretching over more than 190 hectares, Al Maaden
Golf Resorts is a concept combining a Residential & Hotel Resort with a Landscape Golf course.
At the heart of the development, the Golf course spreading out over 70 hectares holds a
privileged location surrounded by the hotels and the residential complex: Park Hyatt and W Hotels,
Villas, Riads, Shops...
Some riads are under rental management and can be booked for an exceptional stay in Marrakech.
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COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE
SOFITEL CELEBRATES CINEMA AS A PARTNER
OF THE MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
For the fourth year in succession, Sofitel will be a partner of the Marrakech International Film
nd
Festival which will take place from December 2
th
to 10 .
This partnership is tailor-made for Sofitel and the values it shares with the cinema like
emotion, new sensations and culture. This festival pays homage to artistic and cultural
diversity, something which is precious to Sofitel, which celebrates across the world the best
of local cultures, combined with a "French Touch".
Illustrating this will of eclecticism, the International Film Festival of Marrakech will this year
honour the Mexican cinema.
For ten days the whole city of Marrakech will be thrilling in unison with the festival. On
December 8, the Sofitel Ma will host an evening gala in homage to Marco Bellocchio and the
Cinecoles
short
film
award in
the
presence of
the
jury chaired
by Sigourney
Weaver: Marie Gillain,Farida Benlyazid,Pascal Greggory,Pierre Salvadori.
During the festival, a special price and an endowment will be awarded by the Foundation at
the Moroccan young talent that wins the competition. An initiative which supports aspiring
artists of Morocco, which is an important dimension of the spirit of the festival.
An evening that promises to be prestigious and emotional.
As with cinema, Sofitel strives to offer emotions to its clients, and shares with Marrakech
International Film festival the ambition of offering up the most beautiful images in order to
inspire dreams. Luxury hotels have always inspired and played host to the greatest directors.
For example, Sofitel Old Cataract in Aswan, Egypt, was chosen for the film "Death on the
Nile", based on the novel by Agatha Christie.
But the relationship between Sofitel and the 7th Art dates back to the very origins of cinema.
The first public cinema projection of the Lumière brothers was organised in the Sofitel Scribe,
Paris, France, in 1895!
SOFITEL IN MARRAKECH
On the edge of the city of a thousand and one nights, at the foot of the Atlas Mountains,
Sofitel suggests two prestigious addresses:
The Sofitel Marrakech Palais Imperial is a magnificent Moorish palace set in the middle of
luxurious gardens of palm trees and bougainvilleas whereas the Sofitel Marrakech Lounge
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& Spa is designed in a more contemporary Andalusian style. Ideally situated in the heart of
the most elegant part of town, they have a stunning view of the Atlas Mountains and it is just
as quick and easy to reach the bustle of the Medina as the serenity of one of Marrakech's 3
golf courses.
The So Lounge, inaugurated last year during the Film Festival has become in only a year
the “place to be” to enjoy the nights of the Red City and promise to be the setting of beautiful
events this year too.
*****
Sofitel, World Class Hotels & French Elegance
Sofitel is the only french luxury hotel brand with a presence on five continents with 120
addresses, in almost 40 countries (more than 30 000 rooms). Sofitel offers contemporary
hotels and resorts adapted to today’s more demanding and more versatile consumers who
expect and appreciate beauty, quality and excellence. Whether situated in the heart of a
major city like Paris, London, New York, Shanghai or Beijing, or nestled away in a country
landscape in Morocco, Egypt, French Polynesia or Thailand, each Sofitel property offers a
genuine experience of the French “art de vivre”.
Discover Sofitel on www.sofitel.com
Discover A|Club at Sofitel, the worldwide Accor loyalty program on www.a-club.com
*****
Regional PR contact
PR Agency contacts
Régine Le Brun
regine.lebrun@sofitel.com
Sandrine Staub & Clarisse Dupuis
+ 33 (0) 1 53 32 62 89
presse@adeuxcomme.com
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Christian Dior reprises its role as official partner for the 11th Marrakech International Film
Festival, a glamorous event for film lovers, supported by Dior since 2004.
It is the perfect opportunity to emphasise the close links that have always existed between the
house of Dior and the world of cinema, from Christian Dior’s early days, when the stars of the
Seventh Art chose Dior elegance, to the enduring special relationship that exists today.
Close to the international stars who flock to the Marrakech festival, Dior offers its services to the
dazzling celebrities appearing on the red carpet in Morocco.
International stars like Marion Cotillard, Marina Hands, Maggie Cheung, Christopher Walken,
James Caan, Eva Mendes and Sigourney Weaver, have all been welcome, dressed and made up in
the Dior Private Suite at the Es Saadi Palace.
A Dior Institut opened its doors last year within the Es Saadi Palace Spa, a genuine retreat
dedicated to skincare and beauty where stars have been able to revitalise in a harmonious setting
blending Dior references with oriental charms.
The continued presence of Dior at the Marrakech Film Festival is an ongoing celebration
of both the gentle Moroccan way of life and the alliance of contemporary luxury with all
the magic of film…
Dior Suite 2101 au Es Saadi Palace :
Tel : + 212 (0) 524 33 74 00
diormarrakechfestival@diormail.com
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For the 11th Annual International Film Festival of Marrakech, LVT and Digimage
Cinema are pleased to be associated at this event and are honored to be
involved with such a variety of talent, both new and old.
Press Contact:
President: Mr Denis Auboyer
www.lvt.fr
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OFFICIAL PARTNER
DESSANGE, AT THE HEART OF FILM INDUSTRY!
Official partner to the Cannes International Film Festival, the French
César ceremonies and the Deauville American Film Festival, DESSANGE
is proud to associate its name to the 11th edition of the International
Film Festival of Marrakech.
A team of hairstylists will be in Marrakech to make beautiful the guest
actors and actresses. Another occasion to allow the members of the
jury and other celebrities to benefit from DESSANGE’s knowledge and
expertise.
Find the pictures of the DESSANGE-styled celebrities on
dessange-international.com
DESSANGE International PRESS OFFICE
39 avenue Franklin Roosevelt Paris 8ème
Sophie Lajouanie Larger
Communication Director
+33 (0)1 53 83 99 12
Sophie.lajouanie@dessange-international.com
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Laëtitia Villain
Communications Manager / Press Relations
+33 (0)1 53 83 99 19
laetitia.villain@dessange-international.com
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FOUNDATION OF THE MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
President – His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid
Deputy Vice Presidents – Mr Nour-Eddine Saïl and Mr Faïçal Laraïchi
Director of the Festival – Mrs Mélita Toscan Du Plantier
General Secretary: Mr Jalil Laguili
Administrator: Mr Azeddine Benmoussa
Address in Marrakech
Angle Boulevard Mohammed VI Rue Ibn El Kadi
BP 14212 Riad Larrouss
40 000 Marrakech - Morocco
Ph: + 212 24 43 24 93/94 Fax: + 212 24 43 25 11
E-mail: ffifm@lafondation.ma
GENERAL CO-ORGANIZATION AND ART DIRECTION
Le Public Système Cinéma
40, rue Anatole France
92594 Levallois-Perret Cedex - France
www.lepublicsystemecinema.fr
Ph: + 33 1 41 34 20 30 Fax: + 33 1 41 34 20 77
HEAD OF PRESS
Jalil LAGUILI
MAROCCAN AND ARABIC SPEAKING PRESS
PR MEDIA
Fatime Zohra OUTAGHANI/ Amin FARES
98, Angle Rues Abou Salt Al Andaloussi et Kadi Iass
20320 - Maarif - Casablanca - Marocco
Ph: + 212 5 (0) 22 77 75 95 Fax: + 212 (0) 5 22 86 30 76
Email: amin.fares@prmediacom.com
www.prmediacom.com
INTERNATIONAL & FRENCH PRESS
LE PUBLIC SYSTÈME CINÉMA
Alexis DELAGE-TORIEL / Céline PETIT
Annelise LANDUREAU / Clément RÉBILLAT
Julie BEAULIEU / Julien BIDET / Manlin STERNER
Ph: + 33 (0)1 41 34 22 03 Fax: + 33 (0)1 41 34 20 77
Email: presse@lepublicsystemecinema.fr
OFFICIAL FESTIVAL WEBSITE
www.festivalmarrakech.info
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