Marrakech Winners: Asmae El Moudir’s ‘The Mother Of All Lies’ Makes History As First Moroccan Film To Win Étoile D’Or Top Prize

Marrakech Winners: Asmae El Moudir’s ‘The Mother Of All Lies’ Makes History As First Moroccan Film To Win Étoile D’Or Top Prize

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Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir has made history at the 20th edition of Morocco’s Marrakech Film Festival as the first local director to win its top prize with her hybrid documentary The Mother Of All Lies. Inspired by the bread riots in El Moudir’s home city of Casablanca in 1981, the work…

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