Marrakech kicks off film festival in the shadow of war in the Middle East

Published November 24, 2023 1:57 AM

By SAM METZ
Associated Press

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The Marrakech International Film Festival began on Friday, bringing American and international movie stars to the Arab world as war in the Middle East has led to the cancellation of other film festivals. The festival features directors Martin Scorsese and Richard Linklater and actors Jessica Chastain and Mads Mikkelsen, amont others. It will showcase international films and productions from emerging Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers. Linklater’s action-comedy “Hit Man” opened the festival. Though Moroccan Prince Moulay Rachid called the festival “a bastion of peace,” other festival organizers in the region, including in Cairo and Tunis, have canceled their events this year.

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