The Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) returns this year with its essential program, “ Conversations », a series of unique exchanges allowing the public to directly meet some of the biggest names in world cinema.
This meeting, one of the most anticipated of the festival, promises fascinating discussions with 18 emblematic personalities from six continents. Renowned directors, actors, screenwriters and producers will share their visions, experiences and notable anecdotes from their careers with festival-goers, from November 30 to December 7.
For this 21st edition of the FIFM, the organizers have brought together internationally renowned artists, most of whom have won awards at the most prestigious festivals, such as the Oscars, the Golden Globes, Cannes, the Venice Film Festival and the Berlinale. Among the guests are the American director and producer Tim Burton, the master of fantasy cinema David Cronenberg, the Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, the committed filmmaker Ava DuVernay, the British actress Gemma Arterton and Sean Penn, multi-awarded actor and director.
The program also highlights Moroccan talents, with a cross-conversation bringing together filmmakers Alaa Eddine Aljem, Yasmine Benkiran, Ismaël El Iraki and Kamal Lazraq, who will discuss their beginnings and their vision of national cinema.
This year, the “Conversations” program will take over a new setting: the theater of the Meydene cultural center, located in the M Avenue complex, near the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech. This modern and friendly place will offer an ideal setting for these privileged exchanges between artists and the public.
The “Conversations” schedule spans a week, with meetings scheduled each day at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. On Saturday, November 30, festival-goers will meet Justine Triet at 11 a.m., then Tim Burton at 3 p.m. On Sunday, December 1, it will be the turn of David Cronenberg at 11 a.m. and Alfonso Cuarón at 3 p.m. to interact with the public.
On Monday, December 2, the public can attend the conversation with Ava DuVernay at 11 a.m. and Walter Salles at 3 p.m. On Tuesday, December 3, François Ozon will be present at 11 a.m., followed by Justin Kurzel at 3 p.m. On Wednesday, December 4, Kirill Serebrennikov will speak at 11 a.m., followed by Sean Penn at 3 p.m.
Then, on Thursday, December 5, Mohammad Rasoulof will be the guest at 11 a.m., followed by Gemma Arterton at 3 p.m. On Friday, December 6, the public will have the opportunity to attend a cross-conversation with Alaa Eddine Aljem, Yasmine Benkiran, Ismaël El Iraki and Kamal Lazraq at 11 a.m., then Todd Haynes at 3 p.m. Finally, on Saturday December 7, Abderrahmane Sissako will close the program with a discussion at 11 a.m.
Each meeting, lasting approximately one hour, will be held at the Meydene theater, located at 2 avenue de la Ménara, in Marrakech.
With such prestigious and diverse programming, the FIFM continues to assert itself as a unique platform for dialogue between the major figures of the 7th art and the public.
