Jodie Foster receives her award on stage at Marrakesh's film festival, celebrated for her 60-year career. (Credit: Marrakesh International Film Festival)
There was no glitz or glamor at the opening of the 22nd Marrakesh International Film Festival on Nov. 28: The evening, simple in its approach, celebrated the true spirit of cinema.On the stage at the Palais des congrès, the eight jury members joined their president, Bong Joon Ho, the South Korean director of "Parasite," who immediately recalled his early passion for cinema. More from the world of film Documentary shines light on MENA Modernism "At 22, I devoured films voraciously as a film student. I would watch three or four films a day. I wanted to make my own. Why place the camera there? Why does the actor look in that direction? Why cut the scene at that precise moment? These were the questions that obsessed me at 22," he said. Those questions still inform his daring work.Hussein Fahmi, under the spotlight at...
There was no glitz or glamor at the opening of the 22nd Marrakesh International Film Festival on Nov. 28: The evening, simple in its approach, celebrated the true spirit of cinema.On the stage at the Palais des congrès, the eight jury members joined their president, Bong Joon Ho, the South Korean director of "Parasite," who immediately recalled his early passion for cinema. More from the world of film Documentary shines light on MENA Modernism "At 22, I devoured films voraciously as a film student. I would watch three or four films a day. I wanted to make my own. Why place the camera there? Why does the actor look in that direction? Why cut the scene at that precise moment? These were the questions that obsessed me at 22," he said. Those questions still inform his daring work.Hussein Fahmi, under the spotlight...
