10 months ago
Cristian Mungiu to Patron Marrakech Film Festival's Atlas Workshops
A famous movie director named Cristian Mungiu, who won a big award called the Palme d’Or, will be the special helper for a film event in Marrakech next year.
This event, called the Atlas Workshops, helps new movies get made.
Mungiu will be like a mentor to 28 different movie projects and the people making them.
He said he's happy to go back to Marrakech because it's a place that uses movies to bring people together.
He believes movies can help us understand each other better, even if we have different ideas.
The workshops will show films that are still being developed, films that are being filmed or finished, and some special Moroccan films.
The filmmakers he will help are now called the 'Class of Cristian Mungiu'.
Cristian Mungiu, a Palme d’Or winning director, is the 2025 patron of the Marrakech Film Festival's Atlas Workshops.
He will mentor 28 selected film projects, whose directors will be known as the 'Class of Cristian Mungiu'.
The Atlas Workshops are a core part of the Atlas Programs, supporting professional initiatives at the Marrakech festival.
The 28 projects include films in development, films in production or post-production, and Moroccan features.
Mungiu expressed enthusiasm for the festival's role in promoting unity and using cinema to investigate reality.
- Who
- Cristian Mungiu, a Cannes Palme d’Or winning director, and 28 filmmakers.
- What
- Cristian Mungiu has been named the patron of the Marrakech International Film Festival's Atlas Workshops for 2025. He will mentor 28 selected film projects.
- Where
- Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco
- When
- 2025
- Why
- To mentor emerging filmmakers and promote cinema's power to unite people and investigate reality.
View on Cinema
View on Cinema
Role of Cinema
View on Cinema
Mungiu believes cinema is a great tool for investigating reality and getting to know others, focusing on unity over differences.
View on Cinema
Mungiu believes cinema is a great tool for investigating reality and getting to know others, focusing on unity over differences.
Key facts
- Patron
- Cristian Mungiu
- Event
- Marrakech International Film Festival's Atlas Workshops 2025
- Mungiu's Achievements
- Palme d’Or winner (2007 for '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'), films include 'Beyond the Hills', 'Graduation', 'R.M.N.'
- Atlas Workshops Origin
- Created in 2018
- Total Projects Selected
- 28
- Project Categories
- 12 in development, 10 shooting/post-production, 5 Atlas Close-Ups, 1 Atlas Film Showcase
Quotes
Cristian Mungiu
Cannes Palme d’Or winning Romanian director and 2025 patron of the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops
“I gladly accept the position of Patron of the Atlas Workshops for 2025, hoping that from this encounter, both the filmmakers I am going to meet and I myself will have a lot to learn. I believe cinema is a great tool for investigating reality and getting to know the Other despite all stereotypes, and that we should use it as a tool to help us focus on what unites us rather than on differences of opinions we might have.”
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“I am very happy to get back to Marrakech, a vibrant festival that uses the power of cinema to promote and unite people from different corners of the world.”
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