20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Mohamed Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker. His short film Nyerkuk (2016) won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, the NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, the Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and the Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the African, Asian, and South American Film Festival in Milan. His second short, Kejers Prison (2019), was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A Tour in Love Republic (2020) was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan's national television channel. Goodbye Julia (2023), his first feature-length film, won the Freedom Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Festival de Cannes.
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a retired northern Sudanese singer — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow Julia and her son into her home. Unable to confess her transgression to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and bring her face to face with her sins.
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.