For nineteen years now, the Marrakech International Film Festival has illuminated Morocco as a whole, at the same time as the rest of the world. Launched on Friday November 11, the 2022 edition of the event has planned, as every year, to promote and develop the art and industry of the seventh art, in particular by rewarding this year several big names who lurk around the sets. shooting. On Saturday, November 12, it’s director James Gray – Ad Astra, The Lost City of Oz, The Immigrant – who was honored by receiving, from the hands of Marion Cotillard, a gold star.
Rain of stars at the International Film Festival of Marrakeck
This transmission took place at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech. After attending the moving speech by James Gray, the spectators gathered in the room had the chance and the honor to enjoy the screening ofArmageddon Time, his new film with Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins, released in France on November 9. Before all that, each and everyone had marched on the red carpet, including Marion Cotillard of course – she had played in 2013 in The Immigrant… by James Gray – but also Melita Toscan du Planti, Diane Kruger, Shannon Murphy, Maxime Saada and his wife Sylvie, Laurent Lafitte of the Comédie-Française and his fierce mustache, Marina Foïs, Rebecca Zlotowski, Virginie Efira and her companion Niels Schneider, Paolo Sorrentino and his wife Daniela d’Antonio, Isabelle Huppert, Anne Berest, Julie Delpy, Vanessa Kirby, Ranveer Singh, Tahar Rahim or even Nadine Labaki.
The Marrakech International Film Festival was created in 2001 by His Majesty King Mohammed VI. After James Gray, other personalities will in turn be highlighted as part of this 19th edition, including the very talented actress Tilda Swinton, Farida Benlyazid and Ranveer Singh. This new edition of the festival will finally end on Saturday November 19th. There is still time to take advantage of it more than reason…