Justin Kurzel’s neo-Nazi thriller The Order opened the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival on Friday evening, with the director jetting over from Australia where he recently wrapped WWII drama The Narrow Road to the Deep North with Jacob Elordi.
Kurzel told Deadline that the Moroccan festival had been a special place for him ever since he made the 24-hour trip from Australia in 2011 to compete with first feature, true crime drama Snowtown, which won the festival’s jury prize and best actor for Daniel Henshall. “The French distributor pleaded for me to come.
It’s a long away… she said, ‘You better come… the festival will change you.’ I did… and just the city, it’s really quite magical.
It was the first time I was with first-time filmmakers, so I was able to establish a bit of a posse, a bit of tribe,” he said.
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