Inside the Palais des Congrès on opening night, the 15th Marrakech International Film Festival thrums with subdued, but still palpable, anticipation as the members of the jury, including its president, Francis Ford Coppola, take the stage one by one and announce the festival’s opening—each member in their own native tongue. The moment bespeaks the festival’s aims as a cultural event, bringing first and second films from promising directors across the globe into the same space for a 15-film competition.

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