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THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
KADIB ABYAD

• Director: Asmae El Moudir
• MOROCCO, EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR / 2023 / DCP / Colour / 96’ / Arabic; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Asmae El Moudir
• Director of Photography: Hatem Nechi
• Editing: Asmae El Moudir
• Music: Nass El Ghiwane
• Producer: Asmae El Moudir
• Production Co.: Insightfilms
• World Sales: Autlook Filmsales GmbH

2023 Cannes Best Director–Un certain regard, Golden Eye–Best Documentary
2023 Valladolid Audience Award
2023 Sydney Grand Prize
2023 Athens Best Documentary
2023 Durban Best Documentary
2023 DOK Leipzig Audience Award
2023 Bergen Documentaire Extraordinaire

Every family has secrets. But young Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir realises that her family’s mysteries are vast. She wants to know, for instance, why she only has one photograph from her childhood, and why the girl in the picture isn’t even her. So, she decides to explore the past by creating a handmade replica of the Casablanca neighbourhood where she grew up. There, she begins to interrogate the tales her mother, father, and grandmother tell about their home and their country. But the revealed truth is much harder to face than she imagines. Shortlisted as Morocco’s Oscars candidate, The Mother of All Lies,breaks the silence to overcome the traumas of a colonial past passed down from generation to generation.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.