Marion Cotillard to Chair Jury of Marrakech Film Festival 2026

The Oscar-winning French actress will serve as president of the jury at the 2026 Marrakech Film Festival.

The Oscar-winning French actor will be the president of the jury of the 2026 Morocco Film Festival.

According to Ambassador Arjan, quoted by Variety, the Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard will head the jury of the competition section of the 23rd Morocco Film Festival, which will be held in November.

Along with the members of the jury who have not been announced yet, he will choose the film that won the "Golden Star" award in the section of the Moroccan international competition, which includes the first and second feature films.

The actor of films such as "Indoctrination" and "The Dark Knight Rises", became known in 1998 with the French action comedy "Taxi", for which he received a César nomination, and then in 2003, he made his Hollywood debut with Tim Burton's "Big Fish". In 2007, she played the role of French singer Edith Piaf in the movie "Life in the Color of Rose" and received the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first actress to receive an Academy Award for a French-language performance. She earned her second Best Actress Oscar nomination in 2015 for the Darden Brothers drama Two Days, One Night.

The film "Karma" by Guillaume Canet, his latest film, was released at this year's Cannes Film Festival. He has acted in the movie "Lee" with Kate Winslet and in the series "The Morning Show" with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. He is currently filming Furious, a historical drama by Emmanuel Berko.

The Moroccan Film Festival will be held this year from November 20 to 28 (November 29 to December 7).