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Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

Myriam Bakir / Feature Documentary / France, Morocco, Qatar / 65 min / Original Language: Arabic, Berber / Interests: Women, Social Issues, Creative Documentary

Synopsis

Twenty years ago, Mahjouba Edbouche founded the association “Oum al Banine” (Mother of Children), which takes in and defends single mothers in Morocco. Giving a voice to this woman committed to women’s rights and to the young women she welcomes, director Myriam Bakir takes us into their daily lives. She shows us the journey of these women, from their arrival at the association to the birth of their child and, sometimes, to reconciliation with their families.

Credits

Director
Myriam Bakir
Screenwriter
Myriam Bakir
Producer
Cécile Vacheret Sedna Films, Jean David Lefevbre, Abel Aflam
Production Company
Sedna Films

About the Director

Myriam Bakir, whose parents are Moroccan, was born and raised in Paris. After having directed two short films in France, she directed her first Moroccan short film, ‘Samia’ (1998). Her first feature film ‘Agadir-Bombay’ was released in 2011. With ‘Mothers’, Myriam Bakir makes her first documentary film. The director leaves the fiction and refers to the reality, that of the single mothers in Morocco supported by Mahjouba Edbouche. The film confronts the latter's action, the fate of these women and the law that condemns them.

Awards and Festival History


Awards

Special Mention award, Tangier FF 2020 (WP)

Contacts

  • Main Contact

    Cecile Vacheret

    Company: 
    SEDNA FILMS
    Email: 
    sednafilms@free.fr

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