The forms of creativity represented by the selection express both a

The 13th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival takes place
from 29 November to 7 December 2013
The forms of creativity represented by the selection express both a vision of the
cinematographic experience in question, and current issues in the societies which the
filmmakers are dealing with. We are the privileged observers of creativity in movement,
which takes hold of mankind and the world to offer us some personal, powerful, audacious,
and courageous works, for which Marrakech is the fortunate showcase.
These creators feed the festival with their talents, whether acknowledged or soon-to-be
recognized. More than 110 films from 23 nationalities will be screened during the event. As
with every year for the past 12 years, the accent will be on discovery in the competition,
which comprises 15 films. The section “Cinema at heart” will illustrate a Moroccan cinema
sector that is approaching maturity. The out-of-competition films will distill the perfume of
directors in touch with their audiences, while the Cinécoles program of short films will reveal
the filmmakers of tomorrow.
If we add the eminent jury members, the masterclasses and the tributes that will take place,
we redraw a geographical map where Marrakech becomes, for eight days, the center of the
cinematographic world. As messengers of art, filmmakers transmit beauty, truth and the
desire for pleasure, sometimes violent but always renewed. So the festival invents a new
travelling shot.
Bruno Barde
Artistic Director of the Marrakech International Film Festival
PRESS RELATIONS MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MOROCCAN & PAN-ARAB MEDIA PR MÉDIA
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FRENCH & INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LE PUBLIC SYSTÈME CINÉMA
Alexis DELAGE-TORIEL / Céline PETIT
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CompEtition
AGAIN - Japan 1st film
by Junichi Kanai starring Yoshikura Aoi and Yagira Yuya
BAD HAIR - Venezuela, Peru, Argentina and Germany
by Mariana Rondón starring Samuel Lange and Samantha Castillo
BLUE RUIN - USA 2nd film
by Jeremy Saulnier starring Macon Blair
FEVERS - France and Morocco
by Hicham Ayouch starring Didier Michon, Slimane Dazi, Farida Amrouche,
Lounès Tazairt and Tony Harrisson
HAN GONG-JU - South Korea 1st film
by Lee Su-jin starring Chun Woo-hee
HOTELL - Sweden 2nd film
by Lisa Langseth starring Alicia Vikander
HOW I LIVE NOW - UK
by Kevin Macdonald starring Saoirse Ronan
IDA - Poland and Denmark
by Pawel Pawlikowski starring Agata Trzebuchowska and Agata Kulesza
LA MARCHE - France
by Nabil Ben Yadir starring Olivier Gourmet, Tewfik Jallab, Lubna Azabal,
Hafsia Herzi, Charlotte Le Bon, Vincent Rothiers, M'Barek Belkouk,
Nader Boussandel, Philippe Nahon and Jamel Debbouze
MEDEAS - USA, Italy and Mexico 1st film
by Andrea Pallaoro starring Catalina Sandino Moreno and Brian F. O’Byrne
THE GAMBLER - Lithuania and Latvia 1st film
by Ignas Jonynas starring Vytautas Kaniusonis
THE SWIMMING POOL - Cuba and Venezuela 1st film
by Carlos Machado Quintela
THE WISHFUL THINKERS - Spain 2nd film
by Jonás Trueba starring Francesco Carril
TRAITORS - Morocco and USA 1st film
by Sean Gullette starring Chaimae Ben Acha, Soufia Issami, Nadia Niaza,
Driss Roukhe, Mourade Zeguendi and Morjana Alaoui
VIVA LA LIBERTÀ - Italy
by Roberto Andò starring Toni Servillo and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
CINEMA AT HEART
DERRIÈRE LES PORTES FERMÉES - Morocco 2nd film
by Mohammed Ahed Bensouda starring Amal Ayouch, Zoubida Akkif,
Abdellah Farkous, Bouchra Ahrich and Omar Azzouzi
KANYAMAKAN - Morocco 1st film
by Said C. Naciri starring Afif Ben Badra, Sarah Kazemy, Mohamed El Achi,
Anas El Baz, Younes Megri, Mehdi Ouazzani and Diouc Koma
SARA - Morocco
by Said Naciri starring Layla Hadiu, Said Naciri, Iman Nakhad and Aziz Houbaibi
C’EST EUX LES CHIENS - Morocco 2nd film
by Hicham Lasri starring Hassan Badida
OUT OF COMPETITION
OPENING FILM
RAM-LEELA - India
by Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh
A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT - Norway, Ireland and Sweden
by Erik Poppe starring Juliette Binoche
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON - Japan
by Kore-Eda Hirokazu
ONE CHANCE - UK and USA
by David Frankel starring James Corden, Julie Walters,
Alexandra Roach and Valeria Bilello
THE IMMIGRANT - USA
by James Gray starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner
THE REUNION - Sweden
by Anna Odell starring Anna Odell
THE STONE - South Korea
by Cho Se-rae starring Cho Dong-in and Kim Roi-ha
THE ZERO THEOREM - UK, USA, France and Romania
by Terry Gilliam starring Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry and David Thewlis
THOSE HAPPY YEARS - Italy
by Daniele Luchetti starring Kim Rossi Stuart and Micaela Ramazzotti
WALTZ FOR MONICA - Sweden
by Per Fly starring Edda Magnason
CLOSING FILM
WE ARE THE BEST! - Sweden
by Lukas Moodysson