20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
After graduating from studies in film at La Fémis, Sylvie Ballyot explored a variety of cinematographic forms: diaries, creative documentaries, and short and medium-length fiction films. Her most recent film, Green Line, is the culmination of this process of exploration, both in its formal structure as well as in its theme and territory: the Middle East, which she has tackled in previous works. With Green Line, Ballyot invents her own cinematic language, allying realism with dreamlike imagery, fiction with documentary. She pursues her exploration of the frontier between the individual and the community, between the intimate and the collective.
Fida grew up in war torn Beirut in the 1980s, immersed in the “red hell” her grandmother used to tell her about. The trivialization of death made Fida doubt the value of life, as well as the meaning of that interminable war that was so similar to so many others. Using miniature settings and figurines, she meets the militiamen and compares her childhood vision with theirs.
Director Sylvie Ballyot
Producer Céline Loiseau, Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Luc Camilli
Screenwriter Sylvie Ballyot, Fida Bizri
Cinematographer Béatrice Kordon, Sylvie Ballyot
Production Designer
Art Director
Editor Charlotte Tourrès, Sylvie Ballyot
Sound Tatiana El Dadah, Luc Meilland, Jocelyn Robert
Music Luc Meilland, Kamilya Jubran, Sylvie Ballyot
Color Color
Production Company TS Productions, Films de Force Majeure, Xbo Films
International Sales Company Mad World
Distributor MAD Distribution
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.