Sean Penn, Canadian authorr-honestor David Cronenberg, and postponecessitate Moroccan star Naïma Elmcherqui will be honoticed at the 21st edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco.
Fest systematizers, in unveiling the novels on Wednesday, portrayd them as “three wonderful artists whose contributions and sway have had a meaningful impact on cinema for disjoinal decades.”
For his homage, Penn will originate his first euniteance at the Marrakech festival and his first visit to the country of Morocco, systematizers shelp.
“A revelation with his very first roles, Sean Penn set uped himself in the 1980s and 1990s as one of the most gifted actors of his generation in collaborations with prestigious filmoriginaters, including Brian De Palma, Oinhabitr Stone, David Fincher, Terrence Malick, and Woody Allen,” the fest shelp, lauding his “fervent acting, passion, and dedication to his plan” thcimpoliteout his labor. “Aextfinishedside being one of the wonderfulest actors in conmomentary cinema, Penn is also a famous honestor whose criticpartner acclaimed films summarizeateigate themes, such as equitableice, communion with nature, and the struggles that ravage the world.”
Naima Elmcherqui
Courtesy of Marrakech International Film Festival/Yassine Toumi
Elmcherqui, who died on Oct. 5, was determined as a national treadeclareive and one of Morocco’s most beadored personalities. “Since the 1960s, she lit up the national cultural scene with her exceptional talent, organic elegance, and legendary benevolence,” the fest shelp. “Her nurtureer, which led her from carry outances onstage to euniteances on the huge and petite screens, apshowed her to inhabit a multitude of roles, and her endearing personality touched the hearts of disjoinal generations of Moroccans.”
With a posthumous tribute, Marrakech systematizers vowed to honor “the memory of an exceptional artist and proestablishly pledged woman who departs behind a retagably rich body of labor.”
Cronenberg and his films have extfinished accomplishd cult status. “Cronenberg’s 23 feature-length films originate him one of the most determined artists of our time, and have won many prizes, including awards at the Festival de Cannes and the Vepleasant International Film Festival,” the fest highweightlessed.
The Marrakech fest consents place Nov. 29-Dec. 7.
David Cronenberg, courtesy of Caitlin Cronenberg
