23rd edition November 20th to 28th, 2026
23rd edition
20 to 28 November, 2026
Maryam Touzani was born in Tangier. After closely participating in Much Loved and co-writing Razzia with Nabil Ayouch—in which she also starred—she directed her first feature, Adam, which was selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the Festival de Cannes and represented Morocco at the Academy Awards. In 2022, she directed The Blue Caftan, which was selected for Cannes and for the Marrakech International Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize, and shortlisted for the Oscars—a historic first for a Moroccan film. It won more than 60 awards worldwide and achieved the highest-ever international box-office takings for a Moroccan film. In 2023, Touzani was a member of the Official Competition jury at Cannes. Her most recent film, Calle Málaga, a Spanish-language drama starring Carmen Maura, had its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.
Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, in northern Morocco, where she enjoys her city and daily life. Her world is turned upside down when her daughter Clara arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment where Maria has always lived. Determined to stay in the city that watched her grow up, she does everything in her power to keep her home and recover the objects of a lifetime. Along the way, against all odds, she rediscovers love and desire.
Réalisation Maryam Touzani
Production Nabil Ayouch, Amine Benjelloun, Jean-Rémi Ducourtioux
Scénario Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
Image Virginie Surdej
Décors Eve Martin, Samir Issoum
Montage Teresa Font
Son Nassim El Mounabbih, Samuel Aïchoun, Gabriel Gutierrez, Said Radi
Musique Freya Arde
Production Companies Ali n’ Productions, Les Films du Nouveau Monde, MOD Producciones, One Two Films, Velvet Films
International Sales Company Films Boutique
Distributor Zaza Distribution