When the film world premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, it won filmmaker a Best Directing award, as well as the Cannes Best Documentary prize. That was only the beginning, as the film ended up going to on win best film at Sydney FF and best documentary at the Durban film festival. In Marrakech, it won top prize, with Jury President Jessica Chastain handing the diminutive, yet powerful El Moudir the award.
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Matteo Garrone, right, with Seydou Sarr (left) and Moustapha Fall on the set of ‘Io Capitano’
Matteo Garrone explains that his award-winning 'Io Capitano' provides "a reverse shot of what we are used to seeing" in the media
The Italian filmmaker stands on the edge of a life changing event, having made the kind of film that not only makes the world a better place, but is also perfectly entertaining for audiences, and proves a critics’ favorite. We caught up during the Marrakech International Film Festival, before the film received its Golden Globes nomination earlier this month. Next stop… the Oscars?
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Greta Gerwig by © Ben Rayner, courtesy of the Festival de Cannes
Cannes announces Greta Gerwig as Jury President for their 77th edition
With ‘Barbie’, the American filmmaker has singlehandedly proven that an audience favorite can also be a thoughtful art film, one which can conquer both blockbuster status as well as a critical acclaim and finally, awards nominations.
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Lupita Nyong'o © Nick Barose
Four reasons to love Lupita Nyong'o, if you ever needed them
Reason one: she’s going to be Jury President of the Berlinale 2024.
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If you're not following Keanu Reeves, you're missing out!
The actor, known for never taking himself too seriously, features snippets of his daily life on an Instagram account that cannot be missed. Or is it all too good to be true?
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Isabelle Huppert and Tsuyoshi Ihara in a still from ‘Sidonie au Japon’
"Do you believe in ghosts?": Catching up with Isabelle Huppert and Élise Girard in Marrakech
In Girard’s ‘Sidonie au Japon’ which screened at the 20th edition of the Moroccan festival this year, Huppert plays a woman who is still haunted by the memory of her late husband, which leads her on a voyage to Japan which she will never forget…
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The 'Limbo' interviews: Simon Baker on rediscovering the joy of acting, festivals' forte and personal freedom
While we may know the Australian star for his popular TV turns, including the long running American show ‘The Mentalist’, he’s a cinematic acting force to be reckoned with in Sen’s Aussie black and white moody outback noir.
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Five highlights from Barry Keoghan's & Jacob Elordi's 'Saltburn' press conference
Spoiler alert: The actors gushed about each other during a press conference to promote the opening of Emerald Fennell’s stunning film, now in theaters in the U.S. and the U.K..
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"The story of a woman who's not done": Jodie Foster and Annette Bening talk Netflix's NYAD
Now available to stream on Netflix, NYAD by renowned doc filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, featuring two magnificent actresses, is a story everyone who has ever doubted themselves should watch. Foster and Bening sat down to talk about the film, during an insightful press conference in LA.
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The Selfies Interviews: James Krishna Floyd on 'Unicorns', working with Sally El Hosaini and fluid sexuality
As a rule, I never interview someone whose film I have yet to watch. But when I sat down with Floyd, boy was I glad I bent the rules!
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Marrakech announces tribute awards to Mads Mikkelsen and Faouzi Bensaïdi
The upcoming festival also disclosed a fascinating list for their ‘In Conversation With...’ the beloved series which gives audiences a chance to meet some of the biggest names in cinema from around the world.
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'Creative Sources': The Brooklyn Museum turns into a Spike Lee Joint
A new exhibition, which is ongoing until the 4th of February, 2024, offers a rare glimpse into the world of Spike Lee — filmmaker, iconoclast and, most importantly, disruptor.
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Marrakech International Film Festival announces Star Jury ensemble for upcoming 20th edition
The distinguished group of thespians and filmmakers from all over the world will join Jury President Jessica Chastain, whose involvement in the chic Moroccan festival was previously announced.
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Photo by Getty Images, courtesy of the BFI London Film Festival
The Selfies Interviews: Kaouther Ben Hania on her second Oscar submission, plus retelling a story through different lenses
As ‘Four Daughters’ finally opens in the U.S., I sat down with the film’s director at the London Film Festival for a dose of typically straight to the point insight into her work and the film’s necessity, in our current media landscape that likes to categorize people as just good or evil, when life is really mostly lived in shades of grey.
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Baloji discusses Belgian Oscars submission 'Omen', a favorite filmmaker and the vibrations in a name
When the Belgian-Congolese rapper turned filmmaker premiered his film in Cannes, earlier this year, Baloji singlehandedly changed the history of his adoptive country for the better — a lesson for all in what it takes to begin to amend the wrongs of colonialism.
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Watch American filmmaker Alex Gibney's discuss 'In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon'
The multi-award winning documentarian who brought us ‘Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” and the Oscar-winning ‘Taxi to the Dark Side’ — among many, many more gems — sat down with me for a Selfies Interview you won’t want to miss.
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Jessica Chastain to head Marrakech Film Festival jury at 20th anniversary edition
The prolific, and outspoken actress and producer will head the jury which will award the Étoile d’Or to one of the fourteen films by first- or second-time directors in the festival’s international competition.
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'The World of Tim Burton' in Turin: the surrealist maestro lands in Italy's esoteric landmark city
Widely known as one of the most imaginative artists and as a director capable of creating the most bizarre visual effects, Tim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre cinema according to his very personal vision, along the way winning an international fan base and influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video and graphic design.
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Gabrielle Chanel, 31 rue Cambon, Paris, 1937. Photo by Roger Schall
Gabrielle Chanel decoded: Fashion Manifesto opens at the V&A in London
While her name is known the world over, and her brand remains one of the most coveted in luxury wear year after year, not everyone knows the kind of divisive, at times downright problematic and extremely driven woman Gabrielle Chanel was. Now a fashion exhibition at the V&A sheds light on it all, no holds barred.
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The iconic Jane Birkin to be honored at upcoming El Gouna Film Festival
Hermès named a luxury handbag after her and she’s still dictating fashion do’s and don’t’s to “It” girls around the world. Now Egypt’s glamorous festival on the Red Sea pays homage to the late legend by presenting a selection of films that showcase her remarkable life and career.
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