The meeting with the late Khadija El Bidaouia
“We worked a lot to ensure that the feature film had a global impact, particularly the voice of Touda, as well as the Chikhates and the art of Aita in Morocco,” she confided. “All the more happy and proud, after the effort made to portray this difficult role in the film.” “These are the efforts of a year and a half of preparation with great artists, especially the late Khadija El Bidaouia , who allowed me to approach the art of Aita and make their voice heard to the whole world”, says the heroine of “Everybody loves Touda”.
The film features the character of Touda who dreams of becoming Sheikha, performing songs of resistance, love and emancipation, and nourishes the hope of a better future for her and her son, but her destiny is turned upside down by a series of unforeseen events.
“Everybody loves Touda”, screened at the opening of the 30th edition of the MedFilm Festival in Rome, will be distributed in Italy through the prestigious house Maestro Distribution.
The feature film, which won several awards at world-renowned film events, was selected to represent Morocco at the 2025 Oscars, in the “Best International Film” category.
In addition to “Everybody loves Touda”, Moroccan cinema is represented at the MedFilm Festival by the feature films “Adam” by its director Maryam Touzani, “Bye Bye Benz Benz” by Mamoun Rtal Bennani and Jules Rouffio, as well as by “Living” by Anas Bouzammour.
Nisrin Erradi, who is currently taking part in the 45th Cairo International Film Festival as a member of the jury, said she was “proud” to receive this award which she “shares with a large and beautiful film team, who worked with seriousness and self-sacrifice.
The meeting with the late Khadija El Bidaouia
“We worked a lot to ensure that the feature film had a global impact, particularly the voice of Touda, as well as the Chikhates and the art of Aita in Morocco,” she confided. “All the more happy and proud, after the effort made to portray this difficult role in the film.” “These are the efforts of a year and a half of preparation with great artists, especially the late Khadija El Bidaouia , who allowed me to approach the art of Aita and make their voice heard to the whole world”, says the heroine of “Everybody loves Touda”.
The film features the character of Touda who dreams of becoming Sheikha, performing songs of resistance, love and emancipation, and nourishes the hope of a better future for her and her son, but her destiny is turned upside down by a series of unforeseen events.
“Everybody loves Touda”, screened at the opening of the 30th edition of the MedFilm Festival in Rome, will be distributed in Italy through the prestigious house Maestro Distribution.
The feature film, which won several awards at world-renowned film events, was selected to represent Morocco at the 2025 Oscars, in the “Best International Film” category.
In addition to “Everybody loves Touda”, Moroccan cinema is represented at the MedFilm Festival by the feature films “Adam” by its director Maryam Touzani, “Bye Bye Benz Benz” by Mamoun Rtal Bennani and Jules Rouffio, as well as by “Living” by Anas Bouzammour.
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