THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES

Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
2023

Director: Asmae El Moudir

Language: Arabic with English subtitles

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

Screenings

23 July | 19:30 | Suncoast 7
29 July | 14:00 | Suncoast 6
TRAILER COMING SOON

Credits

Director

Asmae El Moudir

Producer

Asmae El Moudir

Screenplay

Asmae El Moudir

Cinematography

Hatem Nechi

Cast

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Runtime

96 min

Asmae El Moudir

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.
DIFF 2023

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