Kadib Abyad

Asmae El Moudir — MoroccoSaudi ArabiaEgyptQatar — 2023 — 98'

Young Moroccan filmmaker wants to know why she only has one photograph from her childhood, and why the girl in the picture isn’t even her. She decides to explore the past and its mysteries by creating a handmade replica of the Casablanca neighborhood where she grew up. Slowly, she starts to unravel the layers of deception and intentional forgetting that have shaped her life.