The Marrakech Film Festival FIFM 2016 will celebrate its 16th edition. Wanting to “bring people and cultures together”, His Majesty King Mohammed VI created this festival in 2001 to be a “crossroads of artistic creation from around the world”. All the cultural and sporting events and all the trade fairs and congresses make Marrakech the crossroads city of the world par excellence.
The Jury of the 2016 Marrakech International Film Festival
After Francis Ford Coppola, it’s the turn of Béla Tarr, Hungarian film director, screenwriter and producer,to be the new president of the Marrakech International Film Festival.He has directed 9 feature films, was in official competition for the 2007 Palme d’Or for his filmThe Man from Londonand won in 2011 at the Berlin Festival the Silver Bearfor The Turin Horse.
The other members of the 2016 jury are:
JASMINE TRINCA (actress – Italy); FATIMA HARRANDI “RAOUIA” (actress – Morocco); KALKI KOECHLIN (actress, screenwriter – France/India); BRUNO DUMONT (director – France); SUZANNE CLÉMENT (actress – Canada); JASON CLARKE (actor – Australia); BILLE AUGUST (director – Denmark); LISANDRO ALONSO (Director, screenwriter & producer – Argentina)
FIFM2016 Master Classes
This year, the 3 Master Class guests are: Paul Haggis (Canadian screenwriter, director, producer), Paul Verhoeven (Dutch director, screenwriter, actor) and Pavel Lounguine (Russian screenwriter, director, producer)
The Country in the spotlight for this FIFM 2016
The country of honor at FIFM 2015 was Canada. For the 16th edition of the Marrakech Festival, the country in the spotlight will be Russia, reviewing 80 years of Russian cinema, from the period before the Revolution, then the communist period and finally after Perestroika. 30 films will thus be accompanied by a delegation of 30 professionals led by the president of Mosfilm and director Karen Chakhnazarov.
Personalities in the spotlight for this Marrakech Festival
In 2016, the personalities from the world of cinema in the spotlight will be: Abderrahim Tounsi (Abderraouf), Shinya Tsukamoto, Isabelle Adjani, Paul Verhoeven
The films in official competition for the FIFM 2016 are:
- THE ROAD TO MANDALAY Director: Midi Z; Country: Taiwan, Burma, France & Germany
- PARTING, Director: Mavid Mahmoudi; Country: Iran & Afghanistan
- MISTER UNIVERSO, Director: Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel, Country: Austria & Italy
- KNIFE IN THE CLEAR WATER, Director: Wang Xuebo, Country: China
- KING OF THE BELGIANS, Director: Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth, Country: Belgium, Netherlands & Bulgaria
- A MOTHER’S STORY, Director: Sandrine Veysset, Country: France
- THE DONOR, Director: Zang Qiwu, Country: China
- THE BLIND CHRIST, Director: Christopher Murray, Country: France & Chile
- ZOOLOGY, Director: Ivan i. Tverdovsky, Country: Russia, France & Germany
- SHEPHERDS AND BUTCHERS, Director: Oliver Schmitz, Country: South Africa, USA & Germany
- ALL OF A SUDDEN, Director: Asli Özge Country: Germany, France & Netherlands
- THE FITS, Director: Anna Rose Holmer, Country: United States
- THE FIXER, Director: Adrian Sitaru, Country: Romania
- HEARTSTONE, Director: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, Country: Denmark & Iceland
