Marrakech Film Festival has revealed the lineup of the jury, which is led by Marion Cotillard, as previously announced.
Judging the winners of the Étoile d’Or from among the 14 films in competition will be Danish actor Claes Bang, who gained international recognition for his turn in Ruben Östlund’s “The Square,” which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes; and Luxembourg’s Vicky Krieps, who made her mark on the international scene opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread,” before receiving an award at Cannes for her performance in “Corsage.”
Also on the jury will be Franco-British actor Emma Mackey, who was discovered in the series “Sex Education” and went on to star in “Death on the Nile” and “Barbie,” and will soon be seen in Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew”; and France’s Gilles Lellouche, who made a name for himself as an actor in “Little White Lies,” “The Stronghold” and “All Your Faces,” before moving behind the camera with “Sink or Swim” and “Beating Hearts” — both of which were presented at Cannes.
The jury also includes Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, whose “Four Daughters” and “The Voice of Hind Rajab” were both nominated for Oscars, and turned the boundary between documentary and fiction cinema into a realm of creativity; and British filmmaker Andrew Haigh, director of “45” and “All of Us Strangers,” who explores romantic intimacy and the weight of the past with rare sensitivity.
They are joined by Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy, whose debut feature “Banel & Adama” tells a tale of the power of unconditional love with fairy-tale overtones, and made a remarkable debut on the international scene when the film was selected for the main competition at Cannes.
Finally, there is Moroccan director and producer Saïd Hamich Benlarbi, who is familiar with the Marrakech competition from the inside: in 2024, he presented his second feature film, “Across the Sea,” in the festival. He returns this year as a juror.
The jury will announce the winners on Nov. 28, during the festival’s closing ceremony.
