# Marrakech International Film Festival Awards

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 | France |
| 2002 | Go | Isao Yukisada | Japan |
| 2003 | Gori vatra | Pjer Zalica | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne | United States |
| 2005 | Saratan | Ernest Abdyshaparov | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2006 | The Red Cockatoo [de] | Dominik Graf | Germany |
| 2007 | Autumn Ball | Veiko Õunpuu | Estonia |
| 2008 | Wild Field (Dikoe Pole) | Mikhail Kalatozov | Russia |
| 2009 | Norteado | Rigoberto Pérezcano | Mexico |
| 2010 | The Journals of Musan | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
| 2011 | Out of Bounds | Frederikke Aspöck | Denmark |
| 2012 | The Attack | Ziad Doueiri | Lebanon |
| 2013 | Han Gong-ju | Lee Su-jin | South Korea |
| 2014 | Corrections Class | Ivan I. Tverdovsky | Russia Germany |
| 2015 | Very Big Shot | Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya | Lebanon |
| 2016 | The Donor | Zang Qiwu | China |
| 2018 | Joy | Sudabeh Mortezai | Austria Iran |
| 2019 | Valley of Souls | Nicolás Rincón Gille | Colombia |
| 2022 | A Tale of Shemroon | Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi | Iran |
| 2023 | The Mother of All Lies | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco |
| 2024 | Happy Holidays | Scandar Copti | Palestine |

## Jury Prize

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
| 2001 | The Unsaid | Tom McLoughlin | United States |
| 2002 | Bend it like Beckham | Gurinder Chadha | United Kingdom |
| 2003 | The Station Agent | Tom McCarthy | United States |
| 2004 | Electric Shadows (Meng ying tong nian) | Xiao Jiang | China |
| 2004 | Moolaadé | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal |
| 2005 | C.R.A.Z.Y. | Jean-Marc Vallée | Canada |
| 2005 | Bab al-Makam | Mohamed Malas | Tunisia |
| 2006 | The Paper Will Be Blue | Radu Muntean | Romania |
| 2007 | The Hard-Hearted | Alexey Mizgirev | Russia |
| 2007 | Slingshot (Tirador) | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines |
| 2008 | The Shaft (Dixia de tiankong) | Chi Zhang | China |
| 2009 | Les barons | Nabil Ben Yadir | Belgium |
| 2009 | My daughter | Charlotte Lim Lay Kuen | Malaysia |
| 2010 | Becloud | Alejandro Gerber Bicecci | Mexico |
| 2010 | Beyond the Steppes | Vanja d’Alcantara | Belgium |
| 2011 | Snowtown | Justin Kurzel | Australia |
| 2012 | A Hijacking | Tobias Lindholm | Denmark |
| 2012 | Taboor | Vahid Vakilifar | Iran |
| 2013 | La Piscina | Carlos M. Quintela | Cuba |
| 2014 | War (Chrieg) | Simon Jaquemet | Switzerland |
| 2015 | Thithi | Raam Reddy | India |
| 2016 | Mister Universo | Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel | Italy & Austria |
| 2018 | The Chambermaid | Lila Avilés | Mexico |
| 2019 | Last Visit | Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan | Saudi Arabia |
| 2019 | Mosaic Portrait | Zhang Yixiang | China |
| 2022 | Alma Viva | Cristèle Alves Meira | France Portugal |
| 2022 | The Blue Caftan | Maryam Touzani | Morocco |
| 2023 | Bye Bye Tiberias | Lina Soualem | France Algeria Palestine |
| 2023 | Hounds | Kamal Lazraq | Morocco |
| 2024 | The Cottage (La quinta) | Silvina Schnicer | Argentina |
| 2024 | The Village Next to Paradise | Mo Harawe | Austria |

## Best Director

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
| 2002 | City of God | Fernando Meirelles | Brazil |
| 2003 | Zatōichi | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| 2011 | Seven Acts of Mercy (Italian: Sette Opere di misericordia) | Gianluca e Massimiliano De Serio | Italy |
| 2013 | Medeas | Andrea Pallaoro | United States |
| 2014 | Labour of Love | Aditya Vikram Sengupta | India |
| 2015 | Neon Bull | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil |
| 2016 | Knife in the Clear Water | Wang Xuebo | China |
| 2018 | The Load | Ognjen Glavonić | Serbia |
| 2019 | Tlamess | Ala Eddine Slim | Tunisia |
| 2022 | Thunder | Carmen Jaquier | Switzerland |
| 2023 | Banel & Adama | Ramata-Toulaye Sy | France Senegal |
| 2024 | Under the Volcano | Damian Kocur | Poland |

## Best Actress

| Year | Actress | Film |
| 2001 | Chaïbia Adraoui | Mona Saber |
| 2002 | Clara Khoury | Rana's Wedding |
| 2003 | Najat Benssallem | Raja |
| 2004 | Vera Farmiga | Down to the Bone |
| 2005 | Shirley Henderson | Frozen |
| 2006 | Fatou N'Diaye | A Sunday in Kigali |
| 2007 | Yoo Yeon-mi | With the Girl of Black Soil (Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi) |
| 2008 | Melissa Leo | Frozen River |
| 2009 | Lotte Verbeek | Nothing Personal |
| 2010 | Sibel Kekilli | Die Fremde |
| 2011 | Joslyn Jensen | Without |
| 2012 | Elina Reinold | Mushrooming |
| 2013 | Alicia Vikander | Hotell |
| 2014 | Clotilde Hesme | The Last Hammer Blow |
| 2015 | Galatea Bellugi | Keeper |
| 2016 | Fereshteh Hosseini | Parting |
| 2018 | Aenne Schwarz | All Is Well |
| 2019 | Nichola Burley & Roxanne Scrimshaw | Lynn + Lucy |
| 2022 | Choi Seung-yoon | Riceboy Sleeps |
| 2023 | Asja Zara Lagumdžija | Excursion |
| 2024 | Wafaa Aoun & Manar Shehab | Happy 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 Rose |
| 2006 | Max Riemelt | The Red Cockatoo [de] |
| 2007 | Tommi Korpela | Man's Job |
| 2008 | Eero Aho | Tears of April |
| 2009 | Cyron Melville | Love and Rage (Vanvittig forelsket) |
| 2010 | None awarded | - |
| 2011 | Daniel Henshall | Snowtown |
| 2012 | Søren Malling | A Hijacking |
| 2013 | Didier Michon & Slimane Dazi | Fevers (Fièvres) |
| 2014 | Benjamin Lutzke | War (Chrieg) |
| 2015 | Gunnar Jónsson | Virgin Mountain |
| 2016 | Baldur Einarsson & Blær Hinriksson | Heartstone |
| 2018 | Nidhal Saadi | Look at Me |
| 2019 | Toby Wallace | Babyteeth |
| 2022 | Arswendy Bening Swara | Autobiography |
| 2023 | Doga Karakas | Dormitory |
| 2024 | Roman Lutskyi | Under 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 | Australia |
| 2010 | When We Leave (german: Die Fremde) | Feo Aladag | Germany |

## Best Screenplay Award

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
| 2002 | Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) | Tareque Masud | Bangladesh |
| 2003 | Les yeux secs (Cry No More) | Narjiss Nejjar | France |

## 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 | Philippines |
| 2003 | Hymne à la gazelle | Stéphanie Duvivier | France |

## Special Jury Prize Short Film

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
| 2002 | Malcolm | Baker Karim | Sweden |
| 2003 | Haçla | Tariq Teguia | France |

## 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 |