Kif Ma Yi Qulu

English title: As They Say

Director: Hicham Ayouch    → show biography   ← hide biography

Biography: A former journalist, Hicham Ayouch worked for a few years in French television before taking to writing and film directing. His first film, The King’s Queens (2005) explored the status of women in Morocco and Angel’s Dust (2006) was about autistic teenagers. He has since directed two feature-length fiction films, Edges of the Heart (2006) and Cracks (Fissures, 2008).

Director: Hicham Ayouch    → show biography   ← hide biography

Biography: A former journalist, Hicham Ayouch worked for a few years in French television before taking to writing and film directing. His first film, The King’s Queens (2005) explored the status of women in Morocco and Angel’s Dust (2006) was about autistic teenagers. He has since directed two feature-length fiction films, Edges of the Heart (2006) and Cracks (Fissures, 2008).

Country: Morocco, USA

Year: 2011

Synopsis: Father and son go on a fishing trip together into the mountains. When the son confesses to the father that he's gay, the situation escalates: tests of masculinity, rituals, violence, erupting feelings, speechlessness, and finally an unexpected end. Not only does the film attest to family and generational conflicts, but it positions these within an overwhelming landscape (the Rif mountains), which itself becomes one of the agents. Hicham Ayouch was one of six filmmakers invited to make a work by the Sharjah Biennale 10 (2011). As they say is the result.

Language: Arabic

Forum participation year: 2012

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