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THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
KADIB ABYAD
ASMAE EL MOUDIR
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THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
KADIB ABYAD
ASMAE EL MOUDIR
Country
MOROCCO
language
ARABIC
2023 year
97 Minutes

SCHEDULE

02.03.2024 / 02:50 PM/ Audi 7 PVR INOX ORION MALL
05.03.2024 / 02:50 PM/ Audi 10 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

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.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Asmae El Moudir, Mark Lotfy
Screenplay: Asmae El Moudir
Director of Photography: Hatem Nechi
Editor: Asmae El Moudir
Music: Nass El Ghiwane
Sound: Michael Fawzy
Cast: Zahra Jeddaoui, Mohamed El Moudir, Abdallah EZ Zouid, Said Masrour, Ouardia Zorkani, Asmae El Moudir
Awards - Winner: Cannes FF (Un Certain Regard for Best Director, Golden Eye), Sydney FF (Best Film), Bergen IFF (Best International Documentary)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: 96th Academy Awards (Morocco’s official entry for Best International Feature at the Oscars 2024), Cannes FF (Prix Un Certain Regard), Palm Springs IFF (FIPRESCI Prize - Best Foreign Language Film, Best Documentary)
Director's Biography
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ASMAE EL MOUDIR

Asmae El Moudir (born in 1990) is a Paris and Rabat-based 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. Asmae has directed short documentaries for SNRT, Al Jazeera Documentary, BBC and Al Araby TV, and her films have won awards at festivals worldwide. She completed her first feature documentary, THE POSTCARD, in 2020. THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES is her second feature film.