Art and painting help Hasna and Samad, 14 years old, to resist and catch the light in the midst of darkness.
Country : Morocco Year : 2023 Length : 13 minutes Production : Ecole supérieure des arts visuels de Marrakech Director : Zineb Wakrim Screenplay : Zineb Wakrim
Samad Ait Sarih, Hasna Haddad, Salah Haddad, Hassan Ait Sarih
As part of the new generation of Moroccan cinema, Zineb Wakrim, a 2023 graduate of ESAV in Marrakech, is fascinated by the surrealist movement and uses painting to pre-visualize her filmed scenes. She was named among the 30 Under 30 by Forbes Middle East 2023.
Her film "Ayyur" was selected for the official CINEF competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won third prize.