The 18th edition International Film Marrakech Film Festival has released the official line up. A total of 98 films from 34 countries will be featured at the 7-day event that will take place from November 29-December 7, 2019. The projections are grouped into 10 sections. These include the Official Competition, Gala Screenings, a tribute to Australian Cinema, Special Screenings, the 11th Continent, a Moroccan Panorama, Cinema for Young Audiences, UNESCO certified Jemaa El Fna open-air screenings, Audio-Described Cinema, and tributes to significant cinema personalities.
The official competition will feature 14 films that reveal the latest international talent. The film’s directors were selected for their abilities to instill a unique sense style, depth, innovation, and boundary-pushing into their projects.
The following 14 titles will compete for the Étoile d’Or de Marrakech:
THE UNKNOWN SAINT (Sid El-Majhoul) / Morocco, France By Alaa Eddine Aljem
BABYTEETH / Australia By Shannon Murphy
BOMBAY ROSE / India, France, UK, Qatar By Gitanjali Rao
THE FEVER (A Febre) / Brazil, France, Germany By Maya Da-Rin
LAST VISIT (Akher Ziyara) /Saudi Arabia By Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan
LYNN + LUCY/UK By Fyzal Boulifa
MAMONGA /Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro By Stefan Malešević
MICKEY AND THE BEAR /USA By Annabelle Attanasio
MOSAIC PORTRAIT (Ma Sai Ke Shao Nu) / China By Zhai Yixiang
NAFI’S FATHER (Baamum Naf) / Senegal By Mamadou Dia
SCATTERED NIGHT (Heut-eo-jin Bam) / South Korea By Lee Jih-young, Kim Sol
SOLE / Italia, Poland By Carlo Sironi
TLAMESS / Tunisia, France By Ala Eddine Slim
VALLEY OF SOULS (Tantas Almas) / Colombia, Belgium, Brazil, France