Before the Marrakech Film Festival unveil their 2025 line-up, we have learned the films that are the make up of the Atlas Workshops (November 30th-December 4th) and this year’s patron is none other than master filmmaker Cristian Mungiu. 28 projects were selected and among the films in development we find Lebanese Costa Brava, Lebanon filmmaker Mounia Akl finally hitting her sophomore feature with Hold Me (If You Want). Last year’s big winner (Happy Holidays) at the Marrakech Film Festival in Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti will move into docu cinema for a third time with A Childhood. Jordan’s Amjad Al Rasheed who gave us Inshallah a Boy (Cannes Critics’ Week selection in 2023) is also working on his sophomore film in Under Her Eye.… Read the rest
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