Les Miennes

  • Runtime97 min
  • DirectorSamira El Mouzghibati
  • GenreDocumentary
  • Released2024

As the youngest among my five sisters, I am aware that I carry a dark legacy from their past. In response to a tragic incident that was kept quiet, my sisters formed a clan with a tight-knit bond from which our mother was excluded. Thus, we began referring to her as “your mother,” as if she was no longer ours. You are about to hear what she has to say for the very first time.

A film by SAMIRA EL MOUZGHIBATI

A MICHIGAN FILMS | VISUALANTICS | PIVONKA production

Producers ALICE LEMAIRE & SÉBASTIEN ANDRES | Co-producers  STEVEN DHOEDT  GERT VAN BERCKELAER  BEATA SABOOVA VINCENT METZINGER

Director of Photography VICTOIRE BONIN | Sound Recording SAMIRA EL MOUZGHIBATI | Editor LENKA FILLNEROVA | Sound design DAVID VRANKEN THOMÉ DUBAUX | Mixing SENJAN JANSEN | colourist KENE ILLEGEMS | original music YANNICK DUPONT

a co-production with RTBF | VRT-CANVAS

supported by CENTRE DU CINÉMA ET DE L’AUDIOVISUEL DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES  | FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF) I SHELTER PROD | WALLONIE IMAGE PRODUCTION (WIP) | CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE | SCAM | BROUILLON D’UN RÊVE |L’ATELIER D’ÉCRITURE DU CVB  | CLOSE-UP INITIATIVE | DARNA MAISON DES CULTURES MAROCO-FLAMANDE

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screenings

in the media

RTBF | Adrien Corbeel

Toutes les familles ne ressemblent pas, mais chacune a ses parts d’ombre et de lumière. En exposant les “siennes”, avec sincérité, mais aussi affection, attention et humour, Samira El Mouzghibati nous propose un document précieux.

read the full review (in French)

Cineuropa | Aurore Engelen

The filmmaker talks about his first documentary feature, an intimate feminine film about the freedoms we look for and those that we grant ourselves

read the full interview

Cinergie | Basile Pernet

Les Miennes est un film qui témoigne d’une grande audace, tant au niveau thématique que stylistique. Un récit orienté vers l’intime, qui s’adresse à toutes les familles de notre société contemporaine.

read the full review (in French)

Cineuropa | Aurore Engelen

In conversations with one another, the sisters speak of “your” mother rather than “my” mother. But through its many suspended moments, the film becomes a tool for redemption, when Yuma finally becomes “my” mother for Samira and her sisters.

read the full review
    • 2024
    • Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux
    • Official Competition
    • 2024
    • 41st Munich International Film Festival
    • Cinevision Competition
    • 2024
    • Brussels International Film Festival
    • National Competition | Best Editing Award
    • 2024
    • Visions du Réel
    • Compétition Burning Lights | Prix Fipresci & Prix Zonta
  • Runtime97 min
  • DirectorSamira El Mouzghibati
  • GenreDocumentary
  • Released2024

screenings

in the media

RTBF | Adrien Corbeel

Toutes les familles ne ressemblent pas, mais chacune a ses parts d’ombre et de lumière. En exposant les “siennes”, avec sincérité, mais aussi affection, attention et humour, Samira El Mouzghibati nous propose un document précieux.

read the full review (in French)

Cineuropa | Aurore Engelen

The filmmaker talks about his first documentary feature, an intimate feminine film about the freedoms we look for and those that we grant ourselves

read the full interview

Cinergie | Basile Pernet

Les Miennes est un film qui témoigne d’une grande audace, tant au niveau thématique que stylistique. Un récit orienté vers l’intime, qui s’adresse à toutes les familles de notre société contemporaine.

read the full review (in French)

Cineuropa | Aurore Engelen

In conversations with one another, the sisters speak of “your” mother rather than “my” mother. But through its many suspended moments, the film becomes a tool for redemption, when Yuma finally becomes “my” mother for Samira and her sisters.

read the full review