Three Masters, One Passion

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Three masters, one passion

Three great figures of international cinema to give masterclasses within the 15th edition of the Marrakech International Film festival.

Abbas Kiarostami is one of the undisputed masters of iranian cinema and a worldly rekonwn author. He was rewarded in the biggest festivals : Golden Palm at Cannes Festival for Taste of Cherry ; Special Jury Prize in Venice for Le vent nous emportera... A great friend of Marrakech, he was honored by the festival in 2005, animating the same time a workshop for young moroccan filmmakers. In 2009 , he chaired the jury of the ninth edition . Today, he returnes to Marrakech to talk about his conception of cinema declined through a universal work that mixes subtle poetry, strength and fragility .

Park Chan-wook , a South Korean director and writer, will be in Marrakech for a tribute but also to intervene in a masterclass . He is the author of a strong work rewarded worldwide , as it was the case in Cannes where it won the Grand Prix in 2004 and the Jury Prize in 2009. His work tells with elegance and emotion the cruelty and the complexity of human relationships. His movie Stoker (2013) , his first film in Hollywood, is a illustration through which he revisited Hitchcock in his way.

Another masterclass will be given by Fatih Akin, the German director of Turkish origin and a genuine star of german cinema. Born and raised in the working class suburb of Hamburg, Akin first dreamed of being an actor in a Bruce Lee style before moving behind the camera making films that attracted attention quickly. He won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2004 for Head-on . Far from being locked in a sclerotic identity approach, he relates the multicultural reality of modern society with an enthusiasm that recalls Martin Scorsese films that he admires. In 2014, he tackles in The Cut a taboo subject in the country of his parents: the Armenian genocide. Akin loves cinema in all its geographical and aesthetic diversity.

Fatih AKIN Director, screenwriter & producer Germany & Turkey

Fatih Akin won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2004 for Head-On, announcing him as a major on the international film stage. His Fordian directing style, which captures the ambition of his screenplays, saw him win again at the Festival de Cannes in 2007, where he scooped the Jury Prize for The Edge of Heaven, and again at the Venice Film Festival in 2009, for Soul Kitchen. In 2014, he directed The Cut, the final part of his trilogy on love (Head-on), death (The Edge of Heaven), and lastly evil.

Selected filmography

Director & screenwriter

2014 THE CUT (La Blessure) * 2012 POLLUTING PARADISE (Müll im Garten Eden) – doc * 2009 SOUL KITCHEN * – Prix Spécial du Jury Venise 2009

2008 NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU – collectif GERMANY 09 (Deutschland 09) – segment BEING MURAT KURNAZ (Der Name Murat Kurnaz) 2007 THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (De l'autre côté – Auf der anderen Seite) * Prix du Scénario/Best Screenplay Festival de Cannes 2007 2005 CROSSING THE BRIDGE: THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL – doc * 2004 HEAD-ON (Gegen die Wand) * – Ours d’or/Golden Bear Berlinale 2004 VISIONS OF EUROPE – segment THE EVIL OLD SONGS (Die alten Bösen Lieder) * 2002 SOLINO 2001 WE FORGOT TO GO BACK (Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren) – doc 2000 IN JULY (Julie en juillet – Im Juli) 1998 SHORT SHARP SHOCK (L'Engrenage – Kurz und Schmerzlos) 1996 WEED (Getürkt) – court métrage/short 1995 SENSIN, YOU’RE THE ONE! (Sensin, du bist es !) – court métrage/short

* Also producer

Producer

2013 MAMA COCA Suzan Sekerci – doc MAMAROSH Momcilo Mrdakovic 2012 FRAKTUS Lars Jessen 2011 UFO IN HER EYES (Un ovni dans les yeux) Xiaolu Guo BLUTZBRÜDAZ Özgür Yildirim 2009 MIN DIT (The Children oof Diyarbakir) Miraz Bezar 2008 CHIKO Özgür Yildirim 2006 TAKVA – A MAN’S FEAR OF GOD Özer Kiziltan UOMINI D’ONORE Francesco Sbano – doc

PARK Chan-wook Director, screenwriter & producer South Korea

Park Chan-wook will be present at the Marrakech International Film Festival, where he will give a filmmaking masterclass and will receive a tribute.

Selected filmography

Director & screenwriter

Director 2015 THE HANDMAID (Agassi) ** 2014 A ROSE REBORN * – court métrage/short 2013 STOKER 2012 DAY TRIP – coréalisation, court métrage/short 2011 60 SECONDS OF SOLITUDE IN YEAR ZERO – collectif NIGHT FISHING (Paranmanjang) */** – coréalisation, court métrage/short Ours d’or du Meilleur Court Métrage/Golden Bear for Best Short Berlinale 2011 2009 THIRST (Thirst, ceci est mon sang – Bakjwi) */** – Prix du Jury Festival de Cannes 2009 2006 I’M A CYBORG, BUT THAT’S OK (Je suis un cyborg – Ssa-i-bo-geu-ji-man-gwen-chan-a) */** 2005 SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE (Lady Vengeance – Chinjeolhan geumjassi) * 2004 THREE… EXTREMES (3 Extrêmes – Saam gaang yi) – segment CUT * 2003 IF YOU WERE ME (Yeoseot gae ui siseon) – segment NEVER ENDING PEACE AND LOVE OLD BOY (Oldeuboi) * – Grand Prix Festival de Cannes 2004 2002 SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (Boksuneun naui geot) * 2000 JSA – JOINT SECURITY AREA (Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA) * Grand Prix & Prix du Public Festival du Film Asiatique de Deauville 2001

Best Film & Audience Award 2001 Deauville Asian Film Festival 1999 JUDGEMENT (Le Jugement – Simpan) * – court métrage/short 1997 THE TRIO (Saminjo) * 1992 MOON IS THE SUN'S DREAM *

Producer 2013 SNOWPIERCER (Snowpiercer, le Transperceneige) Bong Joon Ho 2008 CRUSH AND BLUSH (Misseu Hongdangmu) Lee Kyoung-mi *

* également scénariste/also screenwriter ** également producteur/also producer

Abbas KIAROSTAMI Director, screenwriter & producer Iran

Abbas Kiarostami was honored at the 1992 Festival de Cannes for his life’s work. Through a poetic style that subtly blends power and fragility, his films build into a universal oeuvre on a very human scale. Internationally acknowledged as one of the great auteurs of the filmmaking art, he won the Palme d’Or in Cannes for Taste of Cherry in 1997. Then in 1999, his next film, The Wind Will Carry Us, was honored at the Venice Film Festival, winning the Grand Special Jury Prize. Kiarostami has since been banned from filming in Iran, so he made the movie Certified Copy starring Juliette Binoche in Italy, and his most recent film, Like Someone in Love, in Japan.

Selected filmography

Director & screenwriter

2012 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE */** 2009 CERTIFIED COPY (Copie conforme) */** 2008 SHIRIN ** 2007 CHACUN SON CINÉMA – segment WHERE IS MY ROMEO? 2005 TICKETS – collectif * 2004 10 ON TEN */** 2003 FIVE (Dedicated to Ozu) – doc * 2002 TEN */** 2001 ABC AFRICA – doc ** 1999 THE WIND WILL CARRY US (Le vent nous emportera – Bad ma ra khahad bord) */** Grand Prix spécial du Jury Venise 1999

1996 TASTE OF CHERRY (Le Goût de la cerise – Ta’m e guilass) */** Palme d’or Festival de Cannes 1997 1994 THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Au travers des oliviers – Zire darakhtan zeyton) */** 1992 AND LIFE GOES ON (Et la vie continue – Zendegi edame darad) * 1990 CLOSE-UP (Nema-ye nazdik) 1987 WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOME? (Où est la maison de mon ami ? – Khaneh-ye dust kojast ?) * 1984 FIRST GRADERS (Les Élèves du cours préparatoire) – doc 1977 REPORT (Le Rapport – Gozaresh) * 1974 THE TRAVELLER (Le Passager – Mossafer) * 1970 BREAD AND ALLEY (Le Pain et la rue – Nan va koutcheh) – court métrage/short *

* également scénariste/also screenwriter ** également producteur/also producer Screenwriter

2003 CRIMSON GOLD (Sang et or – Talaye sorkh) Jafar Panahi 1995 THE WHITE BALLOON (Le Ballon blanc – Badkonake sefid) Jafar Panahi

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