Galaxy of Stars Shine at Marrakech Film Festival

Rabat, 17 Nov (ONA) --- After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic and the subsequent health restrictions, the Marrakech International Film Festival is back with enormous style and panache, and a glittering rollcall of stars; the perfect cocktail for cinema in the sun and sand.

Since its creation in 2001, the Marrakech Festival has continued to grow to become one of the most important film events on the African continent, an unmissable festival on the map of international counterparts.

The biggest names in cinema have come to Marrakech for 20 years, from Martin Scorsese to Francis Ford Coppola through to Iranian master storyteller Abbas Kiarostami.

The following European filmmakers are also present at the event namely Emir Kusturica, Milos Forman, Roman Polanski and Cristian Mungiu. And there has been plenty of talent from across Africa too, including Yousry Nasrallah, Tawfiq Saleh and Youssef Chahine.

Actors and actresses from all over the world are also welcome in Marrakech as the festival aims to be truly borderless from Hollywood to Bollywood. Among the stars who've graced the red carpet in the sand are Bill Murray, Robert Redford, Forest Whitaker, Sir Sean Connery, Marion Cotillard, Sharon Stone, Jessica Chastain and Sigourney Weaver.

The Marrakech International Film Festival runs until 19 November 2022.

--- Ends/Khalid