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Laïla Marrakchi
Laila Marrakchi (born 1975 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan film maker most famous for the controversial film '' Marock''. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival The 58th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica served as jury president for the main competition. Cécile de France hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Belgian filmmakers D .... She is married to film director Alexandre Aja. She grew up in the upper class Casablanca milieu that is portrayed in ''Marock''. Filmography Director * ''Horizon perdu, L (2000) * ''Deux cents dirhams'' (2002) * ''Momo mambo'' (2003) * '' Marock'' (2005) * '' Rock the Casbah'' (2013) * '' The Eddy'' (2020) TV See also * Sanaa Hamri References External links * Alumni of Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca) Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 alumni Moroccan film directors Moroccan women film directors Mass media peo ...
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Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. Cannes is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside Venice and Berlin, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international film festivals, alongside Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. History The early years The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival. They found the support of the ...
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The Eddy
''The Eddy'' is a French-American musical drama television miniseries, set in Paris. The first two episodes are directed by Damien Chazelle and written by Jack Thorne. Its music was scored by Glen Ballard and Randy Kerber. The dialogue is mainly in French and English and partly in Arabic and Polish. It was released on Netflix on May 8, 2020. The show stars André Holland as Elliot Udo, an American former jazz musician who moved to Paris to run a club, The Eddy, after the death of his son, Fred. Each episode focuses on Elliot and a different member of the band as they struggle to stay afloat following the murder of Farid, Elliot's best friend and business partner. Cast Main * André Holland as Elliot Udo, the owner of the club, a former pianist and Julie's father. * Joanna Kulig as Maja, the lead singer of the club's band. * Leïla Bekhti as Amira, Farid's wife. * Adil Dehbi as Sim, the bartender of the club. * Tahar Rahim as Farid, Elliot's business partner. * Randy Ke ...
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Mass Media People From Casablanca
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh less than it ...
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Moroccan Women Film Directors
Moroccan may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to the country of Morocco ** Moroccans, or Moroccan people ** Moroccan Arabic, spoken in Morocco ** Moroccan Jews See also * Morocco leather Morocco leather (also known as Levant, the French Maroquin, Turkey, or German Saffian from Safi, a Moroccan town famous for leather) is a vegetable-tanned leather known for its softness, pliability, and ability to take color. It has been widely ... * * {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 Alumni
Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. ** Sorbonne Chapel *The University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) **Its components/successors or linked institution, such as: *** College of Sorbonne (1253–1882), a theological college of the former University of Paris *** One of its successors named "Sorbonne": **** Chancellerie des Universités de Paris, the institution that administers the Sorbonne building and the common assets of its successors **** Sorbonne University, Paris, including the former Paris 4, Paris 6, INSEAD, and other institutions ***** Sorbonne University Library ***** Sorbonne University Association ***** Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi **** Panthéon-Sorbonne University, (Paris 1) ***** Sorbonne Business School, at that university ***** Sorbonne Library, at that university **** Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris **** Sorbonne Paris North University, Gre ...
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Alumni Of Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca)
Alumni (: alumnus () or alumna ()) are former students or graduates of a school, college, or university. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women, and alums (: alum) or alumns (: alumn) as gender-neutral alternatives. The word comes from Latin, meaning nurslings, pupils or foster children, derived from "to nourish". The term is not synonymous with "graduates": people can be alumni without graduating, e.g. Burt Reynolds was an alumnus of Florida State University but did not graduate. The term is sometimes used to refer to former employees, former members of an organization, former contributors, or former inmates. Etymology The Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ... noun means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from the Latin verb " ...
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Sanaa Hamri
Sanaa Hamri (; born November 19, 1977) is a Moroccan-American film, television, and music video director. She has directed music videos for musicians including Prince, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, and Sting. She is known for her 2010 film '' Just Wright'' and the 2008 movie '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'', as well as for her music video for the Nicki Minaj song " Super Bass". Hamri made her directorial debut in 2006 with the romantic comedy '' Something New''. Scholar Shelley Cobb has credited Hamri's work as " fferingalternative representations of black women that productively engage with and even challenge usual stereotypes, even as they use and conform to mainstream cinematic conventions". Early life Hamri was born in Tangier, Morocco, to Moroccan Muslim Mohamed Hamri and Jewish Moroccan Blanche "Blanca" Hamri. Her father came from the town of Jajouka and was a painter and author. Hamri's mother was a teacher. Both of Hamri's parents were part of the c ...
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Rock The Casbah (2013 Film)
''Rock the Casbah'' is a 2013 French-Moroccan drama film written and directed by Laïla Marrakchi. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot After Moroccan entrepreneur Moulay Hassan (Omar Sharif) abruptly dies of a heart attack members of his family come together for a three-day mourning period over his death. Foremost among the mourners are Aicha (Hiam Abbass), his wife, and his three daughters Miriam (Nadine Labaki), Kenza (Lubna Azabal) and Sofia ( Morjana Alaoui). Sofia is someone estranged from her family, having left Morocco to act in Hollywood years before. Furthering the rift between her and her family is the fact that her older sister Leyla committed suicide years before, in part because Moulay was controlling towards her and refused to let her marry Zakaria, the son of their maid, who she was in love with. Despite trying to reconnect with her family Sofia finds herself feuding with them when they discove ...
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Casablanca
Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a population of about 3.22 million in the urban area, and over 4.27 million in Greater Casablanca, making it the most populous city in the Maghreb region, and the List of largest cities in the Arab world, eighth-largest in the Arab world. Casablanca is Morocco's chief port, with the Port of Casablanca being one of the largest artificial ports in Africa, and the third-largest port in North Africa, after Tanger-Med ( east of Tangier) and Port Said. Casablanca also hosts the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy. Casablanca is a significant financial centre, ranking 54th globally in the September 2023 Global Financial Centres Index rankings, between Brussels and Rome. The Casablanca Stock Exchange is Africa's third-largest in terms of market c ...
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2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 58th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica served as jury president for the main competition. Cécile de France hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Belgian filmmakers Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Dardenne brothers, won the Palme d'Or for the second time with the drama film ''L'Enfant (film), L'Enfant''. The festival opening film was ''Lemming (film), Lemming'' directed by Dominik Moll, while ''Chromophobia (film), Chromophobia'' directed by Martha Fiennes was the closing film. Juries Main competition * Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker - Jury President * Fatih Akın, Turkish-German filmmaker * Javier Bardem, Spanish actor * Nandita Das, Indian actress * Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress * Benoît Jacquot, French filmmaker * Toni Morrison, American author * Agnès Varda, French filmmaker * John Woo, Hong Kong filmmaker ''Un Certain Regard'' *Alexander Payne, American filmmak ...
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Un Certain Regard
(; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusual styles and non-traditional stories seeking international recognition. At the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, ''Killer (1998 film), Killer'' by Darezhan Omirbaev was named the first ever winner. While The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, ''The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo'' by Diego Céspedes is the most recent winner. Winners In 1998, the was introduced to the section to recognize young talent and to encourage innovative and daring works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France. Since 2005, the prize consists of Euro, €30,000 financed by the Groupama GAN Foundation.
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