Jeff Goldblum, John Turturro and Rian Johnson Join Marrakech Conversations Lineup
Jeff Goldblum, John Turturro and Rian Johnson are set to take part in the Conversations programme at the 23rd Marrakech Film Festival, Variety reported on 9 November 2026. The festival runs from 20 to 28 November, so the names arrive with less than two weeks to go.
Conversations is the festival's strand of onstage talks, where filmmakers and actors discuss their work in front of an audience. Alongside the three new names, Monica Bellucci, James Gray, Luca Guadagnino, Cristian Mungiu, Laïla Marrakchi, Xavier Dolan, Arthur Harari and Gilles Lellouche are also set to take part.
The festival will also honour Goldblum, Turturro and Younès Mégri during the event. Turturro's film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York will screen in Marrakech, which gives audiences a chance to see one of the honoured guests' work on the big screen.
The opening night film is already known. Yahoo Entertainment reported that Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut will open the 2026 festival.
The wider programme is taking shape too. The 23rd Marrakech International Film Festival will show 76 films from 39 countries, according to Yabiladi, published on 2 November.
For a general audience, the list is a useful guide to who will be in the room. It mixes American actors and directors, Italian, French and Romanian filmmakers, and a Canadian director, with a Moroccan filmmaker among the speakers. Conversations sessions are where festival guests talk about how films get made, so the lineup gives a sense of the range of work on the schedule.
The festival's full schedule of talks and screenings is due to show how the sessions are arranged across the nine days.
