Unlike the last editions, actress Hiba Abouk was at the 76th Cannes Film Festival 2023, which is taking place from May 16 to 27, 2023 at the Palais des festivals, without the Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi with whom she separated after the rape allegations against the PSG star.
Moroccan fashion is celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Three Moroccan designers will participate in the fashion show scheduled for the closing ceremony of the event, which will take place on May 27 at the Hôtel Martinez.
Cannes is preparing to host a major cinematic event this year with the return of a legendary hero. Fifteen years after the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the famous adventurer embodied by Harrison Ford will bid farewell on the Croisette with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, partially filmed in Morocco. The Festival will pay a special tribute to the American actor, saluting an exceptional career.
Success for the Moroccan Maryam Touzani and the Belgian Lubna Azabal at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The film "The Blue Caftan" was warmly applauded by the audience after its screening in the "Un Certain Regard" section.
Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi and his wife Hiba Abouk were present at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Threatened with administrative closure by French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who accused its leaders of making hateful statements against France, the Al Madina Mounawara mosque in Cannes will ultimately not be closed.
A mosque has been closed in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), due, in particular, to "anti-Semitic remarks." This announcement was made by the French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.
The Moroccan director and screenwriter Nabil Ayouch , who was in the running for the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, received the Cinema Positif Prize of the Festival for his feature film "Haut et Fort". He was also awarded the Best Achievement in Cinema prize, a tribute to his entire career, awarded by the humanitarian organization Union-Life International.