Marrakech Film Festival Articles

Rigorberto Perezcano’s Northless was the top winner at the ninth edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival held earlier this month. Set in a small Mexican town, the film tells the story of a young man (Harold Torres) waiting for the right time to cross the barbed-wire-strewn border into the United States. The Jury Prize went to two films: Nabil Ben Yadir's Belgian "coming-of-age" drama [...]

2007 Marrakech Film Festival Awards 2007 Marrakech Film Festival: December 7-15, 2007   Set in a Soviet-era housing complex, Veiko Õunpuu's Autumn Ball shows how six individuals negotiate interpersonal relationships while winter approaches.   L'Etoile d'or / Golden Star for Best Film: Autumn Ball by Veiko Õunpuu (Estonia) Jury Prize (tie): The Hard-Hearted by Alexey Mizgirev (Russia) and Slingshot by Brillante Mendosa (The Philippines) Best [...]

The 2006 Marrakech Film Festival came to a close last night, Dec. 9. Dominik Graf's German drama Der Rote Kakadu / The Red Cockatoo, a love story set in 1961 Dresden, starring Max Riemelt and Jessica Schwarz (above), won the Étoile d'Or for best film. Riemelt, for his part, received the best actor award. The Grand Jury Prize went to Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean's political [...]

2006 Marrakech Film Festival Awards 2006 Marrakech Film Festival was held between December 1-9, 2006. 2006 Marrakech Film Festival award winners: Palais des Congrès on December 9, 2006     L'ETOILE D'OR / THE GOLDEN STAR: Der Rote Kakadu / The Red Cockatoo by Dominik Graf (Germany) JURY PRIZE: Hirtia va fi albastra / The Paper Will Be Blue by Radu Muntean (Romania) BEST ACTOR: [...]