Korean director Bong Joon Ho , who is the president of the jury at Marrakech this year, reveals he has been getting up early while at the festival to keep his long-awaited untitled animation feature, slated for a 2027 release, on track.

“I’m in the middle of a crazy animation production. It’s very wild and tough job. Even this morning I worked in my hotel room. It’s very hard work,” he said.

“It’s a very unique, funny relationship between the human race and little creatures that live in the deep sea,” he said when pressed for more details, confirming an already announced storyline.

Joon Ho is joined in the jury by Celine Song, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jenna Ortega, Karim Aïnouz, Hakim Belabbes, Julia Ducournau and Payman Maadi.

Together they will decide the winner of the festival’s Golden

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