Synopse
Between heteronomy and autonomy: a young girl in Sudan finds out how she would like to live. In a Sudanese village which lives from cotton growing, Nafisa grows up with the stories told by her grandmother Al-Sit – a strong matriarch, who had once fought against the British colonialists. But when a young businessman turns up with new seeds for the cotton plants and big promises for the village, things start to change. Nafisa has to face the family’s expectations and preplanned paths in order to find her own way in a world which has no universal compass.
Regie
SUZANNAH MIRGHANI is a Sudanese-Russian film-maker and author. After her prize-winning short film Al-Sit, Cotton Queen is her debut feature.
Presented by ARTE
Vorstellungen
03.10.2025 16:00 Uhr
Abaton Oberes Kino
TicketsInfo
Original Title: ملكة القطن
Category: Feature
Version & Subtitles: Arabic OV with English subtitles, OV with German subtitles
Section: Kaleidoscope
Production country: Germany, France, Palestinian territories, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
Year of Production: 2025
Length: 90 min
Director: Suzannah Mirghani
Screenplay: Suzannah Mirghani
Cast/Protagonists: Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, Hassan Kassala, Fatma Farid
Producer: Caroline Daube
Production company: Strange Bird
Cinematography: Frida Marzouk
Sound: Emmanuel Zouki, Laure Arto
Editor: Amparo Mejías, Simon Blasi, Frank Müller
Music: Amine Bouhafa
Production Design: Pierre Glemet
Costume Design: Simba El Mur
Co-producer: Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Didar Domehri, Julia Peters, Jutta Feit
co-production company: Maneki Films, Philistine Films, Filmclinic, JIPPIE FILM, ARTE
Distributor: jip film & verleih
Kontakt: Jutta Feit / jip film & verleih
