20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Rungano Nyoni is a self-taught writer and director. She was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and grew up in Wales. Her debut feature-length film was I Am Not a Witch (2017), which had its premiere at the Festival de Cannes and was nominated for numerous international awards. In 2018, Rungano won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. She also won the awards for Best Director and Best Debut Director at the British Independent Film Awards in 2017. In 2018, Rungano received the Wellcome Trust Fellowship. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is her second feature-length film.
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the corpse of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family to light.
Director Rungano Nyoni
Producer Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Tim Cole
Screenwriter Rungano Nyoni
Cinematographer David Gallego
Production Designer Malin Lindholm
Editor Nathan Nugent
Sound Olivier Dandré
Music Lucrecia Dalt
Color Color
Production Company Element Pictures, BBC Film, Fremantle
International Sales Company A24
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.