Goldblum and Turturro join Marrakech’s public film conversations
Jeff Goldblum, John Turturro and Rian Johnson will take part in the Marrakech Film Festival’s Conversations programme. Monica Bellucci and directors including Laïla Marrakchi and Luca Guadagnino are also announced for the November 20–28 edition. The public meetings bring actors and filmmakers together with audiences to discuss their work and careers.
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Marrakech announces its public conversation guests
Jeff Goldblum and John Turturro will join the Conversations programme at the Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco. The festival runs from November 20–28.[1], [2]
The festival, in its 23rd edition, brings filmmakers and audiences together to discuss cinema and the participants’ working lives. Rian Johnson, the director of the Knives Out films, and actor Monica Bellucci are also among the announced guests. The programme includes directors James Gray, Cristian Mungiu and Laïla Marrakchi.[1]
Directors and actors discuss their work
Luca Guadagnino, Xavier Dolan and Arthur Harari will participate, alongside actor-director Gilles Lellouche. Organisers describe the conversations as covering approaches ranging from large Hollywood productions to personal filmmaking, genre cinema and intimate stories. Goldblum’s career includes David Cronenberg’s The Fly and Jon M. Chu’s Wicked. Turturro has worked in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski.[1]
Tributes accompany the festival meetings
Goldblum and Turturro will also receive festival tributes, along with Moroccan actor Younès Mégri. Turturro’s recent film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York will be shown during the event. Mégri began as a singer and composer before working in cinema; his international credits include Peter Kosminsky’s The Government Inspector and Gabriel Axel’s Laila, la pure.[1]
