PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Jenny Suen and Christopher Doyle, directors of the film The White Girl.
Christopher Doyle pairs up with Jenny Suen on this tale about a girl with a skin, so pale that she’s called the white girl. In her village she feels like she is invisible, but she will eventually understand her value. An intense but dreamy film about acceptance, self affirmation and escape. A four-hands direction that was complex in the creation but easy in the making.
The White Girl lives a marginalised life in the last fishing village in Hong Kong. When she meets Sakamato, a young artist fleeing from fame, something inside her changes. In the meantime, the threat of gentrification looms over them…
The dystopian beauty of "Amoeba" by Tan Siyou, a film about girls seeking agency in a sterile, all-white society blending youth rebellion with societal critique. A girl gang with dreams and strength.
Discover how the Marrakech International Film Festival showcases and promotes diverse Arab and African cinema, celebrating bold narratives and new talents on the global stage, through the words of its Artistic Director Remi Bonhomme.
"Aisha Can't Fly Away," first feature by Morad Mostafa explores migrant women’s struggles in Cairo with surreal elements, and blending different genres in a compelling narrative.
Many are the profound layers of "The Love That Remains", Icelandic entry for the Oscars, a film that evolves from simple to surreal, inviting viewers to feel rather than fully understand.