20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Baya Kasmi is a French director, screenwriter, and actor. She is best known for writing the screenplay for Michel Leclerc’s The Names of Love (2010), starring Sara Forestier and Jacques Gamblin, for which she was awarded the César for Best Original Screenplay. She was nominated for the same award for for Thomas Lilti’s Hippocrate: Diary of a French Doctor (2014). Kasmi made her feature-length film debut with I'm All Yours (2015), starring Vimala Pons and Agnès Jaoui, which was followed by The (In)Famous Youssef Salem (2022), starring Ramzy Bedia. Mikado, her third feature, had its premiere at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.
Mikado and Laetitia live with their children on the road. When their engine breaks down, they move in for the summer with Vincent, a teacher who lives alone with his daughter. It’s the start of an enchanted interlude that could also upset the balance of the whole family when their eldest daughter begins to dream of a normal life.
Director Baya Kasmi
Producer Fabrice Goldstein, Antoine Rein, Pauline Seigland, Lionel Massol
Screenwriter Baya Kasmi, Olivier Adam, Magaly Richard-Serrano
Cinematographer Romain Le Bonniec
Editor Jean-Baptiste Morin
Sound Mélanie Blouin
Music Jérôme Bensoussan
Color Color
Production Company Karé Production, Films Grand Huit
International Sales Company Pulsar Content
Distributor Memento France
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.