The Moroccan feature film also won the female performance prize awarded to actress Nisrin Erradi, who plays the central character of Touda, a young woman who aspires to become Sheikha, singing songs of resistance, love and liberation , and whose destiny is turned upside down by a series of unexpected events.
Chaired by French director Jean-Paul Salomé, the festival’s Fictions jury was made up of actress and filmmaker Laurence Arné, director Vanessa Filho, director of photography Laurent Dailland and actors Alex Descas, Grégory Montel and Pablo Pauly.
Organized by the French association Atmosphères, the Festival 2 Cinéma de Valenciennes is a flagship cultural event in the Hauts-de-France region (north) built around documentaries, fiction and cinema professions.
The feature film “Everybody loves Touda”, directed by Nabil Ayouch, was chosen to represent Morocco at the 2025 Oscars, in the “Best international film” section, after being included in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival last May, recalls- your.
