Marrakech Worldwide Movie Pageant will current honorary tributes to Sean Penn, David Cronenberg and late Moroccan actress Naima Elmcherqui at its 21st version this yr (November 29-December 7).
The pageant will current a programme devoted to every individual, that includes highlights from their careers.Β
Marrakech describes Penn as βone of the vital gifted actors of his eraβ, highlighting his work with filmmakers together with Brian De Palma (on Casualties Of Battle), Oliver Stone (on U Flip), David Fincher (on The Recreation) and Terrence Malick (on The Tree Of Life).
The pageant notes that Canadian filmmaker Cronenberg βhas constructed up a singular physique of labor that fascinates, disturbs, and questions by the use of his most popular themes: expertise, the physique, and sickness.β It cites his collaborations with actors together with Jeremy Irons, Viggo Mortensen, Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
Elmcherqui β whose surname can be spelled Lamcharki β died on October 5 this yr, aged 81. She had labored within the Moroccan display screen business for the reason that Sixties, on movies together with Mohammed Abderrahman Taziβs In Search of My Spouseβs Husband and Lalla Passion. She was additionally a member of the board of administrators of the pageant, which describes her as βa real grande dame. Her departure leaves a void within the nationwide cultural panorama.β
The Marrakech programme can be introduced within the coming weeks, with Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg chairing the competitors jury. Initiatives by Lina Soualem and Djanis Bouzyani are among the many 27 titles chosen for the celebrated Atlas Workshops.
