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Asmae El Moudir
MA EG SA QA 2023 96'
⚬ History ⚬ Human Interest
On a handmade set recreating her Casablanca neighborhood, young Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir enlists family and friends to help solve the troubling mysteries of her childhood. There, she starts to unravel the layers of deception and intentional forgetting that have shaped her life.
"riveting, inventive" - IndieWire
"fresh, distinctive" - Screen Daily
"astonishing, heartrending" - Variety
"daring and inventive" - The New Yorker
Director | Asmae El Moudir |
Producer | Asmae El Moudir |
Co-Producer | Mark Lotfy |
Production Companies | Insightfilms, Fig Leaf Studio |
Cinematography | Hatem Nechi |
Editor | Asmae El Moudir |
Music | Nass El Ghiwane |
Sound | Abdelaziz Glassine, Michael Fawzy |
Set Design | Mohamed El Moudir |
Directing Prize Un Certain Regard | Cannes 2023 |
The Golden Eye Documentary Prize | Cannes 2023 |
Sydney Film Festival Prize | Sydney Film Festival 2023 |
Best Documentary | Durban Film Festival 2023 |
Jury Award | Valenciennes Film Festival 2023 |
Golden Athena Award | Athens International Film Festival 2023 |
Audience Award | DOK Leipzig 2023 |
Documentary Extraordinaire | Bergen International Film Festival 2023 |
Audience Award | SEMINCI Valladolid IFF 2023 |
Student Award | Cinemed 2023 |
Cinematography Award | DOC NYC 2023 |
University Jury Award | Medfilm Festival 2023 |
Artistic Expression Award | Medfilm Festival 2023 |
Valentina Pedicini Award | Medfilm Festival 2023 |
Golden Key Award | Kassel Dokfest 2023 |
Étoile d’Or | Marrakech International Film Festival 2023 |
Best Director | IDA Documentary Awards 2023 |
Best International Film | MIDBO International Film Festival 2023 |
Critics Prize | Black Movie Festival 2024 |
Best Documentary | International Cinephile Society Awards 2024 |
American Cinematographer Magazine Award | Salem Film Fest 2024 |
Grand Jury Documentary Award | Movies That Matter Festival 2024 |
Golden Circle Best Documentary Award | Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke 2024 |
Best Feature Film | Malmö Arab Film Festival 2024 |
Best Feature | Film Girl Film Festival 2024 |
Special Mention Best African Documentary | Encounters South African IDFF 2024 |
Best Feature Documentary | Festival National Du Film Tanger |
Cannes Un Certain Regard 2023 |
Sydney FF 2023 |
Karlovy Vary IFF 2023 |
Durban IFF 2023 |
Melbourne IFF 2023 |
Toronto IFF 2023 |
Vancouver IFF 2023 |
DOK Leipzig 2023 |
Athens IFF 2023 |
IDFA 2023 |
DOC NYC 2023 |
Festival do Rio 2023 |
Jio Mami Mumbai FF 2023 |
Sundance Film Festival 2024 |
CPH:DOX 2024 |
Hong Kong IFF 2024 |
Sheffield DocFest 2024 |
Festival dei Popoli 2023 |
Marrakech FF 2023 |
Taipei Golden Horse FF 2023 |
Singapore IFF 2023 |
Human Rights FF Berlin 2023 |
Festival dei Popoli 2023 |
Festival des Libertes 2023 |
DocPoint Helsinki 2024 |
Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF 2024 |
One World FF 2024 |
Istanbul FF 2024 |
Seattle IFF 2024 |
| Runtime | 96' |
| Spoken Language | Arabic |
| Production Countries | Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
Asmae El Moudir is a Moroccan director, screenwriter and producer. She holds a master's degree in directing and a bachelor's degree in documentary from the University of Rabat and the National Film School of Morocco. She also studied cinema at LA FEMIS in Paris. Asmae has directed several award-winning short films. She completed her Al Jazeera television documentary, THE POSTCARD, in 2020. THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES is her first independent hybrid documentary. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, where it won the Best Director award in the Un Certain Regard section, as well as the Golden Eye for Best Documentary. THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES was also selected in the International features section of the Oscars and screened at TIFF, Sundance, Karlovy Vary and numerous festivals around the world. Asmae has been nominated for both the PGA Award and the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Film. More recently, she won the IDA Award for Best Director.
