20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Born in Italy, director Roberto Minervini lives in the United States. After completing an MA in media studies at the New School in New York City in 2004, he taught documentary filmmaking at the university level in Asia. In 2007, Minervini moved to Texas, where he directed the feature-length documentaries The Passage (2011), Low Tide (2012), and Stop the Pounding Heart (2013), a Texas Trilogy that focuses on rural communities in the American South. He went on to direct two feature-length films set in Louisiana, The Other Side (2015) and What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? (2018), shifting to the political realm of American society and touching on social injustice. The Damned is his first fiction film.
Winter 1862. In the midst of the American Civil War, the US Army sends a company of volunteer soldiers to the western territories, with the task of patrolling the uncharted borderlands. As their mission ultimately changes course, the meaning behind their engagement begins to elude them.
Director Roberto Minervini
Producer Paolo Benzi, Denise Ping Lee, Roberto Minervin, Paolo Del Brocco
Screenwriter Roberto Minervini
Cinematographer Carlos Alfonso Corral
Production Designer
Art Director
Editor Marie-Hélène Dozo
Sound Bernat Fortiana Chico
Music
Color Color
Production Company Okta Film, Pulpa Films, Rai Cinema
International Sales Company Les Films du Losange
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.