''Volubilis'' is a French-Moroccan film directed by

Faouzi Bensaïdi Faouzi Bensaïdi ( ar, فوزي بن السعيدي; born 14 March 1967) is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film ''A Thousand Months'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ...

, released in 2017. It was screened at a number of international film festivals.

Cast

Nadia Kounda Nadia Kounda (born 24 October 1989) is a Moroccan film actress. Career Nadia Kounda was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She began her career in film and television in 2008, in Morocco. In 2011, she played the leading role in the film ', achieving ...

* Mouhcine Malzi * Abdelhadi Talbi * Nezha Rahil * Mouna Fettou *

Awards and accolades

''Volubilis'' was presented at the Giornate degli Autor/Venice Days section at the 2017 Venice Film Festival. It won the Tanit de bronze at the 2017

Carthage Film Festival The Carthage Film Festival (CFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Tunis and founded in 1966. It is also called by its abbreviation JCC, from its French name, , or by its Arabic title, (''Cinema Days of Carthage''). Initially bienn ...

. Nadia Kounda won Best Actress at the

El Gouna Film Festival The El Gouna Film Festival (GFF; ar, مهرجان الجونة السينمائي) is an annual film festival established in 2017, held in the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna, Egypt. The inaugural festival started September 22, 2017. The psychologi ...

for her performance in the film. It was also screened at the 2017 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montréal.

References

{{Reflist Moroccan drama films 2017 films