CLOSING 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