Walter Salles will be opening up at this year’s Marrakech International Film Festival.
The 68-year-old Brazilian filmmaker, best known for his Golden Bear-winning film Central Station, is among the A-listers taking part in the conversations program for the festival’s upcoming 21st edition.
In all, 18 leading directors, actors, scriptwriters and producers will participate.
Salles is in the middle of a buzzy Oscar campaign for his Best International Feature Film contender I’m Still Here.
Other participating Hollywood A-listers include U.S. director and screenwriter Ava Du Vernay, French Oscar winner Justine Triet and U.S director Tim Burton.
Speakers also include Mohammed Rasoulof, who has Oscar buzz for The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, as well as Canadian director and screenwriter David Cronenberg and U.S. actor-director Sean Penn, who are being feted by the festival with career awards this year.
Moroccan filmmakers Alaa Eddine Aljem, Yasmine Benkiran, Ismaël El Iraki and Kamal Lazraq will be in conversation about their first films.
The Marrakech International Film Festival runs from November 29 to December 7.