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THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES

Asmae El Moudir
MA EG SA QA 2023    96'
⚬ History ⚬ Human Interest 

Synopsis

On a handmade set recreating her Casablanca neighborhood, a young Moroccan filmmaker enlists family and friends to help unearth the troubling lies built into her childhood.

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"riveting, inventive" - IndieWire

"fresh, distinctive" - Screen Daily

“Beautifully made, atmospheric… Courageous but at the same time very risky" - Business Doc Europe

Credits

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

"riveting, inventive" - IndieWire

 

"fresh, distinctive" - Screen Daily

 

“Beautifully made, atmospheric… Courageous but at the same time very risky" - Business Doc Europe

 

"Stunning... Rich... Innovative storytelling" - Awards Watch

 

"An innovative cinematic work filled with enchanting imagination" - Al Jazeera Online

 

"Daring... Innovative and startling. An impressive start to a promising filmmaking career." - Filmuforia

 

"An inspired Moroccan documentary… Inventive and moving" - The Hollywood Reporter

 

"Brilliantly and heartbreakingly explores tragic events from before director Asmae El Moudir's birth." - Universal Cinema

 

"Unusual and affecting" - In Their Own League

 

Awards

Directing Prize Un Certain Regard

Cannes 2023

The Golden Eye Documentary Prize

Cannes 2023

 

Festivals

Cannes Un Certain Regard 2023

Sydney FF 2023

Film Details

Runtime 96'
Spoken Language Arabic
Production Countries Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar

Biography

Asmae El Moudir (born in 1990 in Salé) is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter and producer. She studied at La Fémis in Paris and holds a master's degree in production from the Superior Institute of Information and Communication in Rabat and a bachelor's degree in documentary cinema from the Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in Tetouan. She also graduated in 2010 from the Moroccan Film Academy in Film studies (ISCA). Asmae has directed documentaries for SNRT, Al Jazeera Documentary, BBC and Al Araby TV. She has won important national and international awards and her films have been screened in festivals worldwide and presented in co-production markets. After making a number of short films, Asmae completed the mid-length documentary THE POSTCARD in 2020. THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES is her first feature film.

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