2022 Marrakech Film Festival: Cristèle Alves Meira, Carmen Jaquier & Anthony Shim in Comp

This year’s edition (and long-awaited return to in-person festivities) of the Marrakech Film Festival will have a comp section that distinctly plucks from the lesser-known titles from Cannes’ sidebar sections (Un Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week) and contains a good handful of titles that just preemed at this year’s TIFF. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Rémi Bonhomme, the competition section is less flashy, but there are indeed some gems. Of the Toronto offerings, we have the Platform section pair of Carmen Jaquier’s Thunder (read review) and section winner Riceboy Sleeps by Anthony Shim. We have TIFF Discovery section selections in the wintery Snow and the Bear by Selcen Ergun and Ehab Tarabieh’s The Taste of Apples is Red. From Cannes, Cristèle Alves Meira’s Alma Viva (Portugal’s Oscar submission), Quinzaine gem Youssef Chebbi’s Ashkal (read review) and Maryam Touzani’s The Blue Caftan rep the Croisette. We have Lido offerings in Makbul Mubarak’s Autobiography and Red Shoes by Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser. Here is the line-up in the core four sections for the 19th edition.

Competition
ALMA VIVA – Cristèle Alves Meira
ASHKAL – Youssef Chebbi  
ASTRAKAN – David Depesseville
AUTOBIOGRAPHY – Makbul Mubarak
LE BLEU DU CAFTAN – Maryam Touzani
FARAWAY SONG – Clarissa Campolina
PETROL – Alena Lodkina
RED SHOES – Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser
RICEBOY SLEEPS – Anthony Shim
SAVAGE – Ahmed Abdullahi
SNOW AND THE BEAR – Selcen Ergun
A TALE of SHEMROON – Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi
THE TASTE OF APPLES IS RED – Ehab Tarabieh
FOUDRE – Carmen Jaquier

Gala Screenings
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Guillermo del Toro
ARMAGEDDON TIME – James Gray
BOY FROM HEAVEN – Tarik Saleh
MARLOWE – Neil Jordan
MASTER GARDENER – Paul Schrader
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER – Maha Haj
THE SWIMMERS – Sally El Hosaini
LA SYNDICALISTE – Jean-Paul Salomé

Special Screenings
­BURNING DAYS – Emin Alper
CORSAGE – Marie Kreutzer
LES DAMNÉS NE PLEURENT PAS – Fyzal Boulifa
DECLARATION – Mahesh Narayanan
THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER – Joanna Hogg
GODLAND – Hlynur Pálmason
LES HARKIS – Philippe Faucon
MONICA – Andrea Pallaoro
NAYOLA – José Miguel Ribeiro
NO BEARS – Jafar Panahi
REINES – Yasmine Benkiran
RETOUR A SEOUL – Davy Chou
RHINEGOLD – Fatih Akin
SAINT-OMER – Alice Diop
SOUS LES FIGUES – Erige Sehiri

11e CONTINENT Section
­BEIRUT AL-LIKA – Borhane Alaouié
DRY GROUND BURNING – Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queiros
EAMI – Paz Encina
FATHER’S DAY – Kivu Ruhorahoza
FRAGMENTS FROM HEAVEN – Adnane Baraka
LE CHAMPS DES MOTS : CONVERSATIONS AVEC SAMAR YAZBEK – Rania Stephan
MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS – Karim Aïnouz
MUNA MOTO (L’Enfant de l’autre) – Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa
PACIFICTION – Albert Serra
POLARIS – Ainara Vera
REEL NO. 21 AKA RESTORING SOLIDARITY – Mohanad Yaqubi
REWIND & PLAY – Alain Gomis