Marion Cotillard to lead jury at Marrakech Film Festival
The Oscar-winning French actor will preside over the competition jury at the 23rd Marrakech International Film Festival in November.
Marion Cotillard, the Oscar-winning French actor, will chair the competition jury at the 23rd Marrakech International Film Festival, which runs from November 20 to 28, 2026. She will lead the jury’s decision on the festival’s Étoile d’Or prize, which honors first and second feature films entered in the international competition.
Cotillard has attended the festival since its inception and expressed enthusiasm about the appointment. “Supporting filmmakers as they take their first steps is a vital part of what this festival is all about—it’s in its DNA—and it is a great joy for me to chair the jury this year,” she said in a statement.
Her career trajectory
Cotillard first gained notice in the 1998 action comedy Taxi before relocating to Hollywood, where she appeared in Tim Burton’s Big Fish in 2003. Her role as the legendary French singer in La Vie en Rose (2007) won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Early in her career, she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. La Vie en Rose also earned her the César, Golden Globe, and BAFTA for Best Actress. She was born in Paris and trained at the Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique.
Cotillard’s filmography demonstrates her range working across filmmakers with distinct styles. She has appeared in films directed by Jacques Audiard, James Gray, the Dardenne Brothers, Tim Burton, Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Rob Marshall, Christopher Nolan, Steven Soderbergh, Woody Allen, Justin Kurzel, and Robert Zemeckis. With Nolan, she starred in Inception and The Dark Knight Rises.
Recent work and upcoming projects
She subsequently starred alongside Adam Driver in Leos Carax’s Annette, a musical that premiered at Cannes in 2021. More recently, she appeared opposite Kate Winslet in Lee and joined the fourth season of The Morning Show with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
Her current and upcoming projects include Roma Elastica by Bertrand Mandico, Karma by Guillaume Canet, Milo by Nicole Garcia, and The Enraged by Emmanuelle Bercot, which she is currently filming. She holds the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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