Marion Cotillard Leads the Jury at the Marrakech Film Festival
Marion Cotillard will lead the jury at this year's Marrakech Film Festival in Morocco. The panel will decide the winners of the festival's Étoile d'Or, its main award, from among 14 films in competition.
Variety named the rest of the jury in a report published on 12 November 2026. Joining Cotillard are Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Emma Mackey, Gilles Lellouche, Kaouther Ben Hania, Andrew Haigh, Ramata-Toulaye Sy and Saïd Hamich Benlarbi. The group brings together actors and film-makers from several countries, which is a common mix for a festival jury.
The winners will be announced on 28 November, at the closing ceremony. That gives the jurors a little under three weeks from the date of the announcement to watch the competition films and reach their decisions.
Festival juries do more than hand out trophies. A prize from a major festival can help a film find a distributor, which is the company that books cinemas and runs the release. Sales agents, the people who sell films to buyers around the world, also pay close attention to the awards list.
For audiences in Marrakech and beyond, the closing night will be the moment the competition ends. Until then, the 14 films in the running wait for the verdict.
