Tilda Swinton to head Marrakech Film Festival’s jury
Actor-producer Tilda Swinton is set to serve as the jury president at the 2019 Marrakech Film Festival.
The Oscar-winner follows James Gray, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Milos Forman as president of the film event which is scheduled to take place in Morocco from November 28 to December 7, according to Variety.
“It is my honour to serve the exceptional festival of Marrakech as president of the jury this year. The State of Cinema knows no boundary and the prospect of joining TILDA SWINTON
with my comrades from all over the planet to discover and celebrate work is a privilege and joy for which I am sincerely grateful and something which I look forward immensely,” said Swinton.
The Marrakech festival is run by a foundation presided by Morocco’s Prince Moulay Rachid, the brother of King Mohammed VI. PTI
Rober Pattinson used to beat himself up on the set while shooting The Lighthouse.
In an interview, Pattinson’s co-star Willem Dafoe, shared that Pattinson used to beat himself up on the sets to get into character for the horror drama, according to metro.co.uk.
He said, “He’s not interested in craft, I think. He wants to throw himself into deep water and he feels like it will only be true if he’s drowning. For me that seemed wacky. But I’m not trying to judge. He has a good sense of the visual, of what’s needed in a close-up. He’d stick his fingers down his throat, things like that.”
Pattinson had previously opened up on what he put himself through in order to personify Ephrain, who slowly descends into madness, after mundane task in the The Lighthouse.
He used to carry out chores such as cleaning, scrubbing floors and carrying coal. Pattinson is also set to play Batman in the 2021 film of the franchise.
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