Film Days of the Mediterranean: EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA – ALLE LIEBEN TOUDA

38th Film Festival of the Mediterranean 22.1. – 2.2.2025

Opening film on 22.01.2025

Karlstorkino, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 69126 Heidelberg, admission €10, reduced €7.50, members of Medienforum €6, advance ticket sales online: www.filmtage-mittelmeer.de or at Karlstorkino (one hour before the first screening until the last film) or at Montpellier-Haus (during opening hours). Touda dreams of only one thing: to be a sheikha, a traditional Moroccan artist empowered by the lyrics of the militant women poets who lived before her – with their songs about resistance, love and emancipation. Touda, who performs every night in provincial bars under the lustful gaze of men, plans to leave her small town and move to the bright lights of Casablanca, where she hopes to be recognized as a true artist and secure a better future for herself and her son.

Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands 2024

Director: Nabil Ayouch

Cast: Nisrin Erradi, Joud Chamihy, Jalila Talemsi, El Moustafa Boutankite, Lahcen Razzougui

102 min. | Arabic. Original language

Nabil Ayouch (*1969 in Paris) is a French-Moroccan director, producer and screenwriter. He is married to screenwriter and director Maryam Touzani. They always realize their film projects together. This includes THE BLUE OF KAFTAN, which won the Audience Award at the 2023 Mediterranean Film Festival. ALL LOVE TOUDA premiered in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival.