AUTHOR
[Suzannah Mirghani]
Genre
[Shots restoration and generation]
STATUS
YEAR
[2025]
[OVERVIEW]
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonizers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village. Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields – and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.
Directed by
Suzannah Mirghani
Screenplay
Suzannah Mirghani
Cinematography
Frida Marzouk
Editing
Amparo Mejías, Simon Blasi, Frank Müller
Music Department
Amine Bouhafa
Sound Design
Emmanuel Zouki, Laure Arto
Production Design
Pierre Glemet
Costume Design
Simba Elmur
Cast
Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, Hassan Kassala
Production
Caroline Daube (Strange Bird), Didar Domehri (Maneki Films), Annemarie Jacir and Ossama Bawardi (Philistine Films), Jessica Khoury and Mohamed Hefzy (Film Clinic), Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab (Mad Solutions)