The 16th Marrakech International Film Festival will take place from December 2 to 10, 2016. THE JURY BÉLA TARR President of the Jury LISANDRO ALONSO BILLE AUGUST JASON CLARKE SUZANNE CLÉMENT BRUNO DUMONT KALKI KOECHLIN FATIMA HARANDI « RAOUIA » JASMINE TRINCA BÉLA TARR President of the Jury A filmmaker from a reinvented time, a craftsman perpetually probing the question of the human condition, tireless seeker of the fundamentals of this world, through his nine feature films, four shorts and one TV movie, Béla Tarr has fashioned a radical and visionary body of work with a fascinating formal beauty. (Rétrospective Béla Tarr, Centre Pompidou 2011) ©András Szebeni LISANDRO ALONSO Director Argentina ©DR Lisandro Alonso burst onto the international stage in 2001 with his first, radical film, La Libertad, and quickly became one of the leading figures of the “Nuevo Cine Argentino”. Over five movies, he has built a singular, outlandish body of work, bearing his talent for poetry, metaphysical questioning, and dramaturgy. In 2014, he presented his latest film, Jauja, in the Festival de Cannes sidebar Un Certain Regard. A dreamlike, dazzling, quixotic narrative, this mesmerizing film saw the first collaboration between the director and the world-renowned actor, Viggo Mortensen. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY Director & screenwriter 2014 JAUJA – Prix de la Fipresci Un Certain Regard Cannes 2014 2012 SIN TÍTULO (CARTA PARA SERRA) – short 2008 LIVERPOOL * 2006 FANTASMA * 2004 LOS MUERTOS 2001 LA LIBERTAD * 1995 DOS EN LA VEREDA – codirecting, short * * also producer Producteur I Producer 2016 EL FUTURO QUE VIENE Constanza Novick 2013 THE MILITANT (El Lugar del hijo) Manolo Nieto 1996 LA ÚLTIMA LLAMADA Andrés G. Schaer – court métrage/short BILLE AUGUST Director & Screenwriter Denmark ©Sam Emerson Born in 1948, Bille August is a Danish director whose work often focuses on descriptions of childhood and adolescence and the illusions therein. In 1992, he won his second Palme d’Or at the Festival de Cannes for The Best Intentions, based on a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman, four years after first winning for Pelle the Conqueror, which also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. This puts him in the exclusive club of seven directors who have won Cannes’ top honor twice. In 1993, he brought Isabel Allende’s novel The House of Spirits for the big screen, the first of a series of literary adaptations including Smilla’s Sense of Snow in 1996 based on Peter Hoeg’s book, then Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables in 1997. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2016 55 STEPS CHINESE WIDOW 2014 SILENT HEART (Stille hjerte) 2012 MARIE KRØYER NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON 2007 CHACUN SON CINÉMA – segment THE LAST DATING SHOW 2006 GOODBYE BAFANA * 2004 RETURN TO SENDER (Death Row) 2001 A SONG FOR MARTIN (En sang för Martin) */** 1997 LES MISÉRABLES 1996 SMILLA’S SENSE OF SNOW (Smilla) 1995 JERUSALEM * 1993 THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS (La Maison aux esprits) * 1991 THE BEST INTENTIONS (Les Meilleures Intentions – Den goda viljan) – Palme d’or Cannes 1992 1987 PELLE THE CONQUEROR (Pelle le conquérant – Pelle Erobreren) * – Palme d’or Cannes 1988, Oscar 1989 du Meilleur Film en langue étrangère/1989 Academy Award for Best Film in a Foreign Language 1985 TWIST & SHOUT (Tro, hab og kærlighed) * 1982 ZAPPA * 1979 IN MY LIFE (Honungsmane) * *also screenwriter **also producer JASON CLARKE Actor Australia ©DR Jason Clarke began his acting career in his native Australia, before going on to become the latest Hollywood pin-up. His imposing frame and piercing gaze prompted Michael Mann to give him a role in Public Enemies. Star of Terminator Genisys by Alan Taylor, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes by Matt Reeves, Zero Dark Thirty by Kathryn Bigelow, and more recently Everest by Baltasar Kormakur, Jason Clarke has gradually emerged as one of the leading figures in US cinema. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2016 ALL I SEE IS YOU Marc Forster MUDBOUND Dee Rees HHhH Cédric Jimenez CHAPPAQUIDDICK John Curran – filming 2015 CHILD 44 (Enfant 44) Daniel Espinosa TERMINATOR GENESIS (Terminator Genisys) Alan Taylor KNIGHT OF CUPS Terrence Malick EVEREST Baltasar Kormákur 2014 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (La Planète des singes: L'Affrontement) Matt Reeves THE BETTER ANGELS A.J. Edwards 2013 THE GREAT GATSBY (Gatsby le magnifique) Baz Luhrmann WHITE HOUSE DOWN Roland Emmerich 2012 LAWLESS (Des hommes sans loi) John Hillcoat ZERO DARK THIRTY Kathryn Bigelow 2011 TEXAS KILLING FIELDS (Killing Fields) Ami Canaan Mann YELLING TO THE SKY Victoria Mahoney SWERVE Craig Lahiff 2010 TRUST David Schwimmer 2009 PUBLIC ENEMIES Michael Mann 2008 DEATH RACE (Course à la mort) Paul W.S. Anderson UNDER STILL WATERS Carolyn Miller THE HUMAN CONTRACT Jada Pinkett Smith 2006 BROTHERHOOD – TV 2002 RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (Le Chemin de la liberté) Phillip Noyce 2000 BETTER THAN SEX Jonathan Teplitzky RISK Alan White 1998 PRAISE John Curran SUZANNE CLÉMENT Actress Canada ©DR Passionate about acting from a tender age, Suzanne Clément made her big-screen debut at 26 in Robert Lepage’s The Confessionnal. In 2009, the film I Killed My Mother scooped three awards when it screened in Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. The world simultaneously discovered this actress from Quebec along with director Xavier Dolan, whose muse she would become. Lawrence Anyways, his next film which screened in Un Certain Regard in 2012, saw Suzanne Clément pick up the Best Actress award, which was followed by a stunning performance in Mommy, which won the Prix du Jury at Cannes in 2014. She has also worked with talented filmmakers such as Michael Rowe, Bouli Lanners and Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2016 THE FIRST, THE LAST (Les Premiers, les derniers) Bouli Lanners THE OTHER HALF Joey Klein THE CHILD REMAINS Michael Melski SAUL, SAULITUDE, SAUL Y’TU Cory Santilli NUMÉRO UNE Tonie Marshall LES TEMPS DIFFICILES Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano LES PHILOSOPHES Guilhem Amesland LE RIRE DE MA MÈRE Colombe Savignac & Pascal Ralite ESPÈCES MENACÉES Gilles Bourdos 2015 EARLY WINTER Michael Rowe MY INTERNSHIP IN CANADA (Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre) Philippe Falardeau JAILBIRDS (La Taularde) Audrey Estrougo 2014 SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MARLENE Ana Valine TO LIFE (À la vie) Jean-Jacques Zilbermann MOMMY Xavier Dolan FALL Terrance Odette 2013 AMSTERDAM Stefan Miljevic 2012 LAWRENCE ANYWAYS Xavier Dolan –Best Actress Un Certain Regard Cannes 2012 2010 TROMPER LE SILENCE Julie Hivon TOUGH LUCK (Y’en aura pas de facile) Marc-André Lavoie 2009 IT’S NOT ME, I SWEAR (C’est pas moi, je le jure !) Philippe Falardeau I KILLED MY MOTHER (J’ai tué ma mère) Xavier Dolan 2008 EXPRESS Éric Piccoli – short 2007 LA BRUNANTE Fernand Dansereau 2005 AUDITION Luc Picard 2001 SIDE ORDERS (Foie de canard et cœur de femme) Stéphane Lapointe – short ATOMIC SAKÉ Louise Archambault – short 1999 THE LONG WINTER (Quand je serai parti, vous vivrez encore) Michel Brault 1998 COME OUT! (Viens dehors !) Éric Tessier – short 2 SECONDS (Deux Secondes) Manon Briand 1995 THE CONFESSIONAL (Le Confessionnal) Robert Lepage BRUNO DUMONT Director & Screenwriter France ©3B Productions Roger Arpajou In 1999, Bruno Dumont won the Grand Prix du Jury and the shared Best Actor Prize at the Festival de Cannes for Humanité, his second feature film, instantly making him one the major directors on the international scene. Something of a maverick, he relentlessly adheres to a radical vision of filmmaking. His unique body of work, that runs against the grain of contemporary French production, is hailed around the world. In 2006, he won the Grand Prix du Jury at the Festival de Cannes for Flanders, and in 2013, he presented Camille Claudel 1915 in competition in Berlin. His latest film, Slack Bay, screened in competition at this year’s Festival de Cannes. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2016 JEANNETTE – in development 2015 SLACK BAY (Ma loute) 2014 LI’L QUINQUIN (P’tit Quinquin) – TV 2013 CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 2011 OUTSIDE SATAN (Hors Satan) 2009 HADEWIJCH 2006 FLANDERS (Flandres) – Grand Prix Cannes 2006 2003 TWENTYNINE PALMS 1999 HUMANITÉ (L’Humanité) – Grand Prix Cannes 1999 1997 THE LIFE OF JESUS (La Vie de Jésus) – Mention spéciale Caméra d’or Cannes 1997, Prix Jean-Vigo 1997 1994 MARIE ET FREDDY – short 1993 PARIS – short KALKI KOECHLIN Actress & Screenwriter France & India ©Colston Julian Kalki Koechlin is of French origin and grew up in southern India. She studied theater in London before moving to Bombay to launch her career as an actress. In 2009, she learned Hindi in the space of six months to secure her first screen role in Dev D by Anurag Kashyap. Her smile, and above all her on-screen liberty, which had not been seen before in India, won over audiences and thrust her to forefront of the Indian “New Wave”. As the first Western actress to win the hearts of the Indian public, she switched between major Bollywood productions and independent movies, and lately starred in one of the biggest hits in the history of Indian cinema, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (This Youth is Crazy), which drew more than 18 million admissions. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY Actress 2016 A DEATH IN THE GUNJ Konkona Sen Sharma 2015 UN + UNE Claude Lelouch MANTRA Nicholas Kharkongor IF ONLY Ishaan Nair CANDYFLIP Shanawaz Nellikunnil WAITING Anu Menon 2014 MARGARITA WITH A STRAW Shonali Bose & Nilesh Maniyar THE THOUGHT OF YOU Ahmed Roy – court métrage/short HAPPY ENDING Raj Nidimoru & Krishna D.K. 2013 EK THI DAAYAN Kannan Iyer THIS YOUTH IS CRAZY Ayan Mukerji 2012 SHANGHAI Dibakar Banerjee 2011 SHAITAN Bejoy Nambiar YOU DON’T GET LIFE A SECOND TIME Zoya Akhtar TRISHNA Michael Winterbottom MY FRIEND PINTO Raaghav Dar 2010 THAT GIRL IN YELLOW BOOTS Anurag Kashyap * THE FILM EMOTIONAL ATYACHAR Akshay Shere I AM Onir 2009 DEV. D Anurag Kashyap 2007 JOURNEY OF A WOMAN Pradeep Sarkar *also screenwriter Screenwriter 2010 THE JOY OF GIVING Shlok Sharma – court métrage/short FATIMA HARANDI « RAOUIA » Actress Morocco ©Raouia in A Mile in my Shoes Saïd Khallaf Fatima Harandi « Raouia » started out in theater, and made her movie debut in the 1990s, thanks to the Moroccan director Mohamed El Abbazi, who offered her a role in his film Les Trésors de l’Atlas.