Asmae El Moudir was born in Salé, Morocco, in 1981. She has acted as first assistant director on several Moroccan feature films and directed three short f ilms, among them the award-winning Thank God It’s Friday (2017), produced while she was studying at La Fémis. In 2020, her first feature-length documentary, The Postcard, was selected for festivals including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Visions du réel, the Durban International Film Festival and the Malmö Arab Film Festival. She is currently working on The Mother of All Lies, which has received support from numerous prestigious funds and institutions, among them the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops.