So What If The Goats Die

Film title in English
Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent
Duration (Minutes:Seconds)
23:27
Category
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Genre
SCI-FI OR FANTASY
Country of production
France and Morocco
Language of the movie
Berber
Subtitles
English
Author(s)
Sofia ALAOUI
Director(s)
Sofia ALAOUI
Awards
Grand Prize Jury at Sundance 2020
Short synopsis
High in the Atlas Mountains, the shepherd Abdellah and his father are hemmed in by snow at their goat pen. Their animals are wasting away. Abdellah must find supplies at a market village more than a day's walk away. When he arrives, he finds the village abandoned due to a strange event that has wreaked havoc on the lives of all believers.

Producer(s)
Margaux LORIER
Production Company
Envie de Tempête Productions
Production date
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Short biography of the director(s)
Born in Casablanca, Sofia spent her childhood between Morocco and China. She directs short films, both documentary and fiction. Her last documentary, "Les vagues ou rien", knew a great success in Morocco and her last fiction "So What If The Goats Die", shot in Morocco, won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2020. Sofia aspires to a cinema which flirts with cinematographic genres. In parallel with her writing of her feature, she writes a television serie produced by Barney Production
Artistic and Technical Cast
Scénario : Sofia Alaoui
Image : Noé Bach
Sound : Nani Chaouki, Sébastien Savine, Marie Mazière, Paul Jousselin
Music score : Amine Bouhafa
Edit : Héloïse Pelloquet
Cast : Fouad Oughaou, Moha Oughaou, Oumaïma Oughaou, Saïd Ouabi
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