Marrakech winners: Asmae El Moudir's 'The Mother of All Lies' makes history as the first Moroccan film to win the top prize at the Étoile d'Or

December 2, 2023 2:04 p.m.

Moroccan director Asmae El Grind has do history has THE 20 editing of The Morocco Marrakech Movie Festival as THE First of all local director has earn It is high price with her hybrid documentary THE Mother Of All Lies.

Inspired by THE bread riots In El Moudir's House city of Casablanca In nineteen eighty one, THE work uses A replica of THE neighborhood Or he arrived And figurines has explore THE sustainable trauma of THE event.

THE movie world created has Cannes This year, Or he sharing THE Golden Eye price For THE Best Documentary with Tunisian director Kaouther Well Hania Four Girls.

Morocco has Since submitted THE work as It is candidate For Best International Movie has THE 96th Academy Rewards.

In other Marrakech price, THE Jury Price was sharing by Moroccan director Kamal Lazraq kidnapping thriller Houndsand French-Palestinian-Algerian director Lina That of Soualem Bye Bye Tiberius, revisit THE history of her actress mother Hello Abbas moved family.

In another First of all, all three winner movies participated In THE festivals Atlas Workshops, to feed projects And Talent Since THE Arab world And Africa.

In other price, Best Director went has French-Senegalese director Ramata Toulaye Sy For her filmBanel & Adama, which Also world created In Canes.

Asja Zara Lagumdzija won Best Actress For Bosnian drama Excursionby Una Gunjak And Doga Karakas won Best Actor For Turkish movie Dormitoryby Néhir Tuna.

This years jury was chaired on by Jessica Chastain with other members extending Franco-Iranian actor Zar Emir; French actor Camille Cottin; Australian actor And director Joël Edgerton; British director Joanna Hogg; WE director Dee Rees; Born in Egypt Swedish director Tarek Saleh; Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard; And Franco-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani.

THE festivals festive 20 editing came together against THE difficult background of THE earthquake In THE close Atlas Mountains In September, THE geopolitics....