MUMBAI: This year‘s Marrakech International Film Festival that got underway on 4 December will have climate change as its limelight.

The nine-day festival devoted all of Sunday to environmental issues wuill screen three documentaries on the dangers of climate change. Three films titled Home directed by France‘s Yann-Arthus Bertrand was screened in Djemaâ El Fna Square. An Inconvenient Truth from American Davis Guggenheim and The Titanic Syndrome made by Albert Li?vre and Nicolas Hulot were shown on Sunday.

The festival began with a tribute to American actor Christopher Walken and a shines the limelight on and offers tributes to stars and directors such as Morocco‘s Said Taghmaoui.

Actor Sir Ben Kingsley, Moroccan actor Sa?d Taghmaoui and Serbian director Emir Kusturica will also be feted at the festival, which is marking its ninth year.

A total number of 100 films will be screened during the festival. Of these, 15 films from eight countries are in the running for the festival‘s grand prize, the Etoile d‘Or. Eight of the films competing are the first works of their respective directors.