Director Sofia Alaoui will join us for a Q&A following this preview of Animalia, hosted by Imane Lamime from Fhamtini.
Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the privileged codes of her husband’s Moroccan family. When supernatural events plunge the country into a state of emergency, Itto is separated from her husband and new in-laws. Alone, pregnant, and searching for a way back, she discovers her own emancipation.
Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui's last film So What If the Goats Die, shot in the Atlas Mountains, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020, and the César for best short fiction film in 2021. Animalia is her first feature film.
The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award.
It also won the International Narrative Feature Award at Calgary and received a Special Mention at Palm Springs International Film Festival.
