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COTTON QUEEN

by Suzannah Mirghani

synopsis

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.

international title: Cotton Queen
original title: Cotton Queen
country: Germany, France, Palestine, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
sales agent: Totem Films
year: 2025
genre: fiction
directed by: Suzannah Mirghani
film run: 93'
screenplay: Suzannah Mirghani
cast: Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, Hassan Kassala
cinematography by: Frida Marzouk
film editing: Amparo Mejías, Simon Blasi, Frank Müller
art director: Pierre Glemet
costumes designer: Simba Elmur
music: Amine Bouhafa
producer: Caroline Daube, Didar Domehri, Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab
production: Strange Bird, Maneki Films, Philistine Films (PS), Film Clinic (EG), Mad Solutions (EG), Doha Film Institute (QA), Red Sea Fund (SA)

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