During its closing ceremony, the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) issues awards among the following to the best films, filmmakers and actors in the competition. These awards may or may not be issued every year.
Golden Star (Étoile d'or)/Grand prix Year Film Director(s) Nationality of Director(at time of film's release) 2001 Inch'Allah Dimanche Yamina Benguigui 2002 Go Isao Yukisada 2003 Gori vatra Pjer Zalica 2004 Sideways Alexander Payne 2005 Saratan Ernest Abdyshaparov 2006 Dominik Graf 2007 Autumn Ball Veiko Õunpuu 2008 Wild Field (Dikoe Pole) Mikhail Kalatozov 2009 Norteado Rigoberto Pérezcano 2010 The Journals of Musan Park Jung-bum 2011Out of Bounds Frederikke Aspöck2012The Attack Ziad Doueiri2013Han Gong-juLee Su-jin2014Corrections Class Ivan I. Tverdovsky 2015Very Big ShotMir-Jean Bou Chaaya2016The DonorZang Qiwu2018Joy Sudabeh Mortezai 2019 Valley of Souls Nicolás Rincón Gille 2022 A Tale of Shemroon Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi 2023The Mother of All LiesAsmae El Moudir2024Happy HolidaysScandar Copti
Jury Prize Year Film Director(s) Nationality of Director(at time of film's release) 2001 The Unsaid Tom McLoughlin 2002 Bend it like Beckham Gurinder Chadha 2003 The Station Agent Tom McCarthy 2004 Electric Shadows (Meng ying tong nian) Xiao Jiang Moolaadé Ousmane Sembène 2005 C.R.A.Z.Y. Jean-Marc Vallée Bab al-MakamMohamed Malas 2006 The Paper Will Be Blue Radu Muntean 2007 The Hard-Hearted Alexey Mizgirev Slingshot (Tirador) Brillante Mendoza 2008 The Shaft (Dixia de tiankong) Chi Zhang 2009 Les barons Nabil Ben Yadir My daughter Charlotte Lim Lay Kuen 2010 Becloud Alejandro Gerber Bicecci Beyond the Steppes Vanja d’Alcantara 2011 Snowtown Justin Kurzel 2012 A Hijacking Tobias Lindholm Taboor Vahid Vakilifar 2013 La Piscina Carlos M. Quintela 2014 War (Chrieg) Simon Jaquemet 2015 Thithi Raam Reddy 2016 Mister Universo Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel & 2018 The Chambermaid Lila Avilés 2019 Last Visit Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan Mosaic Portrait Zhang Yixiang 2022 Alma Viva Cristèle Alves Meira The Blue Caftan Maryam Touzani 2023Bye Bye TiberiasLina Soualem HoundsKamal Lazraq2024The Cottage (La quinta)Silvina SchnicerThe Village Next to ParadiseMo Harawe
Best Director Year Film Director(s) Nationality of Director(at time of film's release) 2002 City of God Fernando Meirelles 2003 Zatōichi Takeshi Kitano 2011 Seven Acts of Mercy (Italian: Sette Opere di misericordia) Gianluca e Massimiliano De Serio 2013 Medeas Andrea Pallaoro 2014 Labour of Love Aditya Vikram Sengupta 2015 Neon Bull Gabriel Mascaro 2016 Knife in the Clear Water Wang Xuebo 2018 The Load Ognjen Glavonić 2019 Tlamess Ala Eddine Slim 2022 Thunder Carmen Jaquier 2023Banel & AdamaRamata-Toulaye Sy 2024Under the VolcanoDamian Kocur
Best Actress Year Actress Film 2001 Chaïbia Adraoui Mona Saber2002 Clara Khoury Rana's Wedding2003 Najat Benssallem Raja2004 Vera Farmiga Down to the Bone2005 Shirley Henderson Frozen2006 Fatou N'Diaye A Sunday in Kigali2007 Yoo Yeon-mi With the Girl of Black Soil (Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi)2008 Melissa Leo Frozen River2009 Lotte Verbeek Nothing Personal2010 Sibel Kekilli Die Fremde2011 Joslyn Jensen Without2012 Elina Reinold Mushrooming2013 Alicia Vikander Hotell2014 Clotilde Hesme The Last Hammer Blow2015 Galatea Bellugi Keeper2016 Fereshteh Hosseini Parting2018 Aenne Schwarz All Is Well2019 Nichola Burley & Roxanne Scrimshaw Lynn + Lucy2022 Choi Seung-yoon Riceboy Sleeps2023Asja Zara LagumdžijaExcursion2024Wafaa Aoun & Manar ShehabHappy Holidays
Best Actor Year Actor Film 2001 Jacques Dutronc C'est la vie 2002 Yusikhe Kebozuka Go 2003 Bogdan Diklić Fuse (Gori Vatra) 2004 Bogdan Stupka Our Own (Svoi) 2005 Daniel Day-Lewis The Ballad of Jack and Rose2006 Max Riemelt 2007 Tommi Korpela Man's Job2008 Eero Aho Tears of April 2009 Cyron Melville Love and Rage (Vanvittig forelsket)2010 None awarded -2011 Daniel Henshall Snowtown2012 Søren Malling A Hijacking2013 Didier Michon & Slimane Dazi Fevers (Fièvres)2014 Benjamin Lutzke War (Chrieg)2015 Gunnar Jónsson Virgin Mountain2016 Baldur Einarsson & Blær Hinriksson Heartstone2018 Nidhal Saadi Look at Me 2019 Toby Wallace Babyteeth2022 Arswendy Bening Swara Autobiography2023Doga KarakasDormitory2024Roman LutskyiUnder the Volcano
Jury Prize for Best Director Year Director(s) Film 2011 Gianluca e Massimiliano De Serio Seven Acts of Mercy (Italian: Sette Opere di misericordia) 2011 Raam Reddy Tithi (Kannada: ತಿಥಿ)
Prize for the best interpretation Year Film Director(s) Nationality of Director(at time of film's release) 2010 Animal Kingdom David Michôd When We Leave (german: Die Fremde) Feo Aladag
Best Screenplay Award Year Film Director(s) Nationality of Director(at time of film's release) 2002 Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) Tareque Masud 2003 Les yeux secs (Cry No More)Narjiss Nejjar
Golden Star Grand Prize Short Film Year Film Director(s) Nationality of Director(at time of film's release)2002 Chiffons (Batang trapo) Ramon Mez de Guzman 2003 Hymne à la gazelle Stéphanie Duvivier
Special Jury Prize Short Film Year Film Director(s) Nationality of Director(at time of film's release) 2002 Malcolm Baker Karim 2003 Haçla Tariq Teguia
The Cinécoles Short Film Prize
The Cinécoles Short Film Prize was created in 2010 and focuses on new cinematographic talent and is open to students from Morocco's cinema schools and institutes.
Through the competition, the FIFM Foundation offers opportunity for film creation and career advancement for new filmmakers and during the festival creates a platform for discussion between seasoned professionals and less-experienced filmmakers.
The competition provides an occasion to present the student cinema for the first time in Morocco and within the framework of a prestigious event.
The Cinécoles Prize comes with a grant worth 300,000 dirhams, donated by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, President of the FIFM Foundation, for the film student to make his or her second short film. It is managed by the FIFM Foundation and must be used to make a new film, which must be completed during the three years following the award. In this way, the FIFM Foundation supports the creation of this second work through careful monitoring and participation in the different stages of writing, directing and editing.
The Short Film Jury for the 13th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival (2013) was presided over by Moroccan filmmaker Nour Eddine Lakhmari and included Astrid Bergès-Frisbey - Actress (France), Jan Kounen - Director & screenwriter (France), Atiq Rahimi - Novelist, director & screenwriter (Afghanistan) and Sylvie Testud - Actress, director, screenwriter & author (France).
Year Film Director(s) 2010 - Mahassine El Hachadi 2011 L'Arroseur Mohamed Aouad 2012 Mejor Une vie meilleure Tarik Leihemdi 2013 Bad Ayoub Lahnoud & Alaa Akaaboune 2014 Dalto Essam Doukhou
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