Marrakech International Film Festival Announces 2013 Lineup

CLOSING FILM: WE ARE THE BEST! directed by Lukas MoodyssonCLOSING FILM: WE ARE THE BEST! directed by Lukas Moodysson

The 13th Marrakech International Film Festival taking place from November 29 to December 7, 2013 announced the lineup of official film selections. More than 110 films from 23 nationalities will be screened during the event. As with every year for the past 12 years, the focus will be on films in competition, which comprises 15 films. The section “Cinema at heart” will focus on Moroccan cinema, the out-of-competition films will “distill the perfume of directors in touch with their audiences,” while the Cinécoles program of short films will reveal the filmmakers of tomorrow.

Competition

AGAIN – Japan
1st film by Junichi Kanai starring Yoshikura Aoi and Yagira Yuya

BAD HAIR – Venezuela, Peru, Argentina and Germany
by Mariana Rondón starring Samuel Lange and Samantha Castillo

BLUE RUIN – USA 
2nd film by Jeremy Saulnier starring Macon Blair

FEVERS – France and Morocco
by Hicham Ayouch starring Didier Michon, Slimane Dazi, Farida Amrouche, Lounès Tazairt and Tony Harrisson

HAN GONG-JU – South Korea 
1st film by Lee Su-jin starring Chun Woo-hee

HOTELL – Sweden 
2nd film by Lisa Langseth starring Alicia Vikander

HOW I LIVE NOW – UK 
by Kevin Macdonald starring Saoirse Ronan

IDA – Poland and Denmark by 
Pawel Pawlikowski starring Agata Trzebuchowska and Agata Kulesza

LA MARCHE – France 
by Nabil Ben Yadir starring Olivier Gourmet, Tewfik Jallab, Lubna Azabal, Hafsia Herzi, Charlotte Le Bon, Vincent Rothiers, M’Barek Belkouk, Nader Boussandel, Philippe Nahon and Jamel Debbouze

MEDEAS – USA, Italy and Mexico 
1st film by Andrea Pallaoro starring Catalina Sandino Moreno and Brian F. O’Byrne

THE GAMBLER – Lithuania and Latvia 
1st film by Ignas Jonynas starring Vytautas Kaniusonis

THE SWIMMING POOL – Cuba and Venezuela 
1st film by Carlos Machado Quintela

THE WISHFUL THINKERS – Spain 
2nd film by Jonás Trueba starring Francesco Carril

TRAITORS – Morocco and USA 
1st film by Sean Gullette starring Chaimae Ben Acha, Soufia Issami, Nadia Niaza, Driss Roukhe, Mourade Zeguendi and Morjana Alaoui

VIVA LA LIBERTÀ – Italy 
by Roberto Andò starring Toni Servillo and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

 

CINEMA AT HEART

DERRIÈRE LES PORTES FERMÉES – Morocco 
2nd film by Mohammed Ahed Bensouda starring Amal Ayouch, Zoubida Akkif, Abdellah Farkous, Bouchra Ahrich and Omar Azzouzi

KANYAMAKAN – Morocco 
1st film by Said C. Naciri starring Afif Ben Badra, Sarah Kazemy, Mohamed El Achi, Anas El Baz, Younes Megri, Mehdi Ouazzani and Diouc Koma

SARA – Morocco 
by Said Naciri starring Layla Hadiu, Said Naciri, Iman Nakhad and Aziz Houbaibi

C’EST EUX LES CHIENS – Morocco 
2nd film by Hicham Lasri starring Hassan Badida

 

OUT OF COMPETITION

OPENING FILM
RAM-LEELA – India 
by Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh

A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT – Norway, Ireland and Sweden 
by Erik Poppe starring Juliette Binoche

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON – Japan
by Kore-Eda Hirokazu

ONE CHANCE – UK and USA
by David Frankel starring James Corden, Julie Walters, Alexandra Roach and Valeria Bilello

THE IMMIGRANT – USA
by James Gray starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner

THE REUNION – Sweden
by Anna Odell starring Anna Odell

THE STONE – South Korea
by Cho Se-rae starring Cho Dong-in and Kim Roi-ha

THE ZERO THEOREM – UK, USA, France and Romania
by Terry Gilliam starring Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry and David Thewlis

THOSE HAPPY YEARS – Italy
by Daniele Luchetti starring Kim Rossi Stuart and Micaela Ramazzotti

WALTZ FOR MONICA – Sweden
by Per Fly starring Edda Magnason

 

CLOSING FILM
WE ARE THE BEST! – Sweden
by Lukas Moodysson

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