Archive · 29 Nov 2025
22nd Marrakech Film Festival Opens with Dead Man Wire
The 22nd Marrakech Film Festival started with a big celebration.
They showed a new movie called Dead Man Wire, which is about a real criminal.
Many famous people were there, like Bong Joon Ho, who won an Oscar for his movie Parasite.
He is leading the jury this year.
The festival will last until December 6 and will honor other famous filmmakers like Foster and Guillermo del Toro.
They also paid tribute to an old Egyptian actor named Hussein Fahmi, who got a lot of applause.
The 22nd Marrakech Film Festival opened with a screening of Gus Van Sant's Dead Man Wire.
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho is the jury president and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.
The opening film stars Bill Skarsgard as real-life criminal Tony Kiritsis.
The jury includes Jenna Ortega, Anya Taylor-Joy, and other notable figures in the film industry.
The festival will run until December 6 and include tributes to Foster and Guillermo del Toro.
- Who
- Bong Joon Ho, Jenna Ortega, Anya Taylor-Joy, and other celebrities
- What
- Opening of the 22nd Marrakech Film Festival with Dead Man Wire
- When
- November 29, 2023
- Where
- Marrakech, Morocco
- Why
- To celebrate international cinema and honor notable figures in the film industry
- Festival Edition
- 22nd
- Opening Film
- Dead Man Wire
- Jury President
- Bong Joon Ho
- Festival Location
- Marrakech, Morocco
- Festival Duration
- November 29 - December 6
- Opening Film Premiere
- World premiere at Venice Film Festival
- Opening Film Release Date
- January 9 (limited), January 16 (worldwide)