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  1. The Mother of All Lies wins top film award

    Director Asmae El Moudir stands on stage as she receives the Etoile de Marrakech Prize for "La mère de tous les mensonges" film during the 20th Marrakech International Film Festival on December 02, 2023 in Marrakech, Morocco.
    Image caption: The film is directed by Asmae El Moudir

    The Mother of All Lies has become the first Moroccan film to win the top prize at the annual Marrakech International Film Festival.

    Directed by Asmae El Moudir, the film was inspired by the bread riots which swept through her hometown of Casablanca in 1981.

    "Every society has a truth that’s been buried, burned, redacted and erased,” said jury president Jessica Chastain is quoted as saying as she announced the winner.

    "But by a collective remembrance, we preserve the stories that cannot be undone"

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