Queens
Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage
Yasmine Benkiran / Feature Narrative / Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar / 90 min / Original Language: Darija / Interests: Women, Drama, Adventure
Synopsis
Casablanca, Morocco.
A trio of women with the police on their tail embarks on a long escape that takes them across the rugged red terrain and flower-filled valleys of the Atlas to finally reach the Atlantic coast.
Credits
- Director
- Yasmine Benkiran
- Screenwriter
- Yasmine Benkiran
- Producer
- Jean des Forêts (Petit Film), Saïd Hamich (Mont Fleuri Productions)
- Production Company
- Petit Film
About the Director
Yasmine Benkiran grew up on the Moroccan Atlantic coast and came to Paris when she was 18. As a screenwriter, she writes for both television and cinema. She is currently developing ‘Black Library’, an anthology television series of mixed genre (fantasy, psychological thriller, science-fiction) as well as ‘On the Nile’, an animated spy movie. In 2018, Yasmine directed her first short film, ‘Winter Time’ (Tangier IFF, Off-courts Trouville). She is now developing her first feature film as a director, ‘Queens’.