In just two years, the Marrakech Film Festival has become one of the most long-awaited and promising film events both on a regional and woldwide scale. Our pursuit of high standards and open-mindedness has payed off.
Daniel Toscan du Plantier strove whole-heartedly to see this come to pass. We at the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation insist on paying a special tribute to this major figure of the film world. a man who understood and conveyed the importance of this event.
This year, after much debate and thoufhtful reflection, the Festival has selected a programme particulary rooted in Marrakecfh. In what appears to confirm the exceptionnally healthy state of current productions, the films come to us from all over the world and from the movie-making cultures of the South.
Marrakech blends its own magic in with that of the silver screen, and for a few days becomes an arena of exchange and discovery for cinema professionals and the public as they envoy dozens of indoor and outdoor screenings, debates, meetings, and panel discussions on film financing and foreign shoots in Morocco.