THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
Awards
• Directing Prize (Un Certain Regard) – Cannes Film Festival
• Sydney Film Prize – Sydney IFF
• Golden Athena Best Documentary Award - Athens IFF
• Étoile d’Or - Marrakech IFF
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.