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Marion Cotillard to Lead Marrakech Film Festival Jury
The Marrakech Film Festival has named eight jury members who will join previously announced jury president Marion Cotillard.
The group includes actors Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Emma Mackey and Gilles Lellouche, alongside filmmakers Kaouther Ben Hania, Andrew Haigh, Ramata-Toulaye Sy and Saïd Hamich Benlarbi.
They will judge 14 films competing for the Étoile d’Or, the festival’s main prize.
The competition focuses on first and second films, giving emerging filmmakers a chance to reach international audiences.
The jury will choose the winning film from entries representing a range of filmmaking backgrounds and countries.
The festival runs from November 20 to 28 in Marrakech, Morocco, and the winners will be announced on November 28 at the closing ceremony.
The Marrakech Film Festival has named Marion Cotillard to lead its 2026 jury.
Eight other cinema professionals will join Cotillard to judge the festival’s main competition.
The competition features 14 films, according to Variety, and awards the Étoile d’Or.
The festival runs from November 20 to 28, with winners due to be announced at the closing ceremony.
The jury brings together actors and filmmakers from several countries, including France, Morocco, Denmark and Tunisia.
- Who
- Marion Cotillard will lead the jury, alongside eight other cinema professionals.
- What
- The jury will judge the Marrakech Film Festival’s main competition and award the Étoile d’Or.
- When
- The festival runs from November 20 to 28, 2026; the winners are due to be announced on November 28.
- Where
- The Marrakech Film Festival in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Why
- The competition aims to discover new voices, give them international visibility and help them connect with audiences.
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The festival announced the eight additional jury members, with Cotillard already named as president.
The festival is scheduled to open.
The festival is scheduled to close and announce the competition winners.
- Jury president
- Marion Cotillard
- Additional jurors
- Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Emma Mackey, Gilles Lellouche, Kaouther Ben Hania, Andrew Haigh, Ramata-Toulaye Sy and Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
- Competition entries
- 14 films
- Prize
- Étoile d’Or
- Festival dates
- November 20–28, 2026
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From France to Morocco, from Denmark to Tunisia, from the United Kingdom to Senegal via Luxembourg, this jury paints a true picture of contemporary cinema
Behind the diversity of the jurors’ origins lie as many ways of making films and of immersing ourselves in them.
It is from this exchange of experiences and sensibilities that the jury’s deliberations will emerge as they work to arrive at the heralding of a new voice in world cinema