(Y)OUR MOTHER
Film - CineVision Competition

(Y)OUR MOTHER

Directed by Samira El Mouzghibati

Info

Director: Samira El Mouzghibati
Section: CineVision Competition
Country: Belgium, France
Year: 2024
PT: LES MIENNES
OT: LES MIENNES
Language: Arabic, French, Riffian
Version: Original version with English subtitles
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

A documentary about a family dynamic that involves love, rejection, and healing.

As the youngest of five sisters, Samira El Mouzghibati explores a painful aspect of their past. She travels to the Rif Mountains in Morocco, where their parents come from, and films that which she feels estranged from. Unspoken secrets regarding a tragic incident come to light. At the center of it all is her mother, who tells her story for the first time.

Show calendar
Photocredits: Director Photo: Olivier Chalet

Calendar

  • After the film: Q&A with Samira El Mouzghibati

    City 2
  • After the film: Q&A with Samira El Mouzghibati

    City 3

Meet the director

(Y)OUR MOTHER

Samira El Mouzghibati

Samira El Mouzghibati was born in Belgium to Moroccan parents. She studied film editing and screenwriting at the Institut Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle in Brussels. After working with several directors on a wide variety of projects, she made her first documentary film, (Y)OUR MOTHER.

Credits

Director of Photography: Victoire Bonin
Film Editor: Lenka Fillnerova
Composer: Yannick Dupont
Sound: David Vranken, Thomé Dubaux, Senjan Jansen
Producer: Alice Lemaire
Production Company: Michigan
Co-Production Company: Visualantics, Pivonka production
World Sales: Hors du bocal