20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Walter Salles is a Brazilian director. Central Station (1998), his third film, received the Sundance-NHK Screenplay Award, won the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear for Best Actress (Fernanda Montenegro) at the Berlinale, as well as the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture–Non-English Language and the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language. Salles’s The Motorcycle Diaries (2005), a biographical film about Ernesto "Che" Guevara, received two Academy Award nominations and won the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language. Linha de passe (2008) won the Best Actress Award for Sandra Corveloni at the Festival de Cannes. In 2009, Salles received the Robert Bresson Award at the Venice International Film Festival for his work. I’m Still Here (2024), which had its premiere in Venice, reunites Salles with Montenegro and Fernanda Torres.
Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of military dictatorship. The Paivas—father Rubens, mother Eunice, and their five children—live by the beach in a rented house whose doors are always open to friends. The affection and humor they share form their own subtle resistance to the oppression that hangs over the country. One day, they are confronted by arbitrary violence that will change their lives forever. In the aftermath, Eunice is forced to reinvent herself and carve out a new future for herself and her children. The moving story of this family, based on the memoir by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, helped to reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
Director Walter Salles
Producer Rodrigo Teixeira, Maria Carlota Bruno, Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre
Screenwriter Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega
Cinematographer Adrian Teijido
Production Designer Carlos Conti
Editor Alfonso Gonçalves
Sound Laura Zimmerman, Stéphane Thiébaut
Music Warren Ellis
Color Color
Production Company VideoFilmes, RT Features, MACT Productions
International Sales Company Goodfellas
Distributor Sony Pictures Classics
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.