Cannes Palme d’Or winning Romanian director Cristian Mungiu has been named as the 2025 patron of the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops , following in the footsteps of Jeff Nichols last year.

Regarded as a major figure in contemporary European auteur cinema, Mungiu won the Palme d’Or in 2007 for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days , with other award-winning films including Beyond the Hills, Graduation , and R.M.N. .

Created in 2018, the Atlas Workshops are the heart of the Atlas Programs, Marrakech’s recently created banner gathering all the professional initiatives supported by the festival foundation.

As the patron of the workshops, Mungiu will mentor the 28 projects in this year’s selection, with their directors known as the “Class of Cristian Mungiu”.

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