Moroccan director Maryam Touzani joins Film Francophone D’Angoulême jury
Touzani has a background in journalism and initially ventured into the world of cinema through her writings about movies.
Touzani has a background in journalism and initially ventured into the world of cinema through her writings about movies.
The jury will be in charge of awarding prizes for the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
The film explores a 1981 massacre in Casablanca through interviews and interactions with the director’s family and former neighbours.
The film is produced by Ali n’ Productions in Morocco, Les Films du Nouveau Monde in France, Velvet in Belgium and Snowglobe in Denmark.
The 2023 Un Certain Regard selection included 20 feature films.
Winning the L’Oeil d’or honor automatically qualifies both films for Oscar consideration.
In 2019, Touzani directed her first feature film, 'Adam', selected for the Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes and shortlisted for the Oscars.
Five films backed by the Red Sea Film Fund are also a part of the lineup.
Voting for nominations will take place from January 12-17, and results will be announced on January 24.
The filmmaker is working on the scripts of both "Casa Girls" and her next feature, inspired by a New York Times investigative article titled Workers in "Spain’s Strawberry Fields Speak ...