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Thomas Vinterberg Named As Marrakech Jury President


Vinterberg previously served as a member of the Marrakech jury in 2015 under the presidency of Francis Ford Coppola,.

The jury awards the Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second films in the international competition, recent winners of which have included Asmae El Moudir’s Mother of all the Lies(2023) and Emad Aleebrahim-Dehkordi’s A Tale Of Shemroon(2022), Last year it celebrated longtime Vinterberg collaborator Mads Mikkelsen with an honorary career achievement award, who spoke fondly of his connection with the director in his masterclass. A co-founder of the Danish Dogme 95 movement in the mid 1990s, Vinterberg’s other credits include The Celebration, It’s All About Love(2003), Dear Wendy(2005), When a Man Comes Home(2007) and Submarino(2010), Far from the Madding Crown(2015) and The Commune(2016).

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