Cotton Queen (2026)
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonizers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village. Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields – and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.
Director:
Suzannah Mirghani
Writer:
Suzannah Mirghani
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Mihad Murtada as Nafisa |
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Rabeha Mahmoud as Al-Sit |
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Talaat Farid as Babiker |
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Haram Basher as Aisha |
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Mohamed Musa as Bilal |
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Hassan Kassala as Nadir |
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Fatma Farid as Faiza |
| Directing | Suzannah Mirghani | Director |
| Writing | Suzannah Mirghani | Screenplay |
| Camera | Frida Marzouk | Director of Photography |
| Production | Caroline Daube | Producer |
| Production | Didar Domehri | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Amparo Mejías Auñón | Editor |
| Editing | Simon Blasi | Editor |
| Editing | Frank Müller | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simba Elmur | Costume Design |
| Sound | Emmanuel Zouki | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Laure Arto | Sound Designer |
| Art | Pierre Glemet | Production Design |
| Production | Ossama Bawardi | Co-Producer |
| Production | Annemarie Jacir | Co-Producer |
| Production | Mohamed Hefzy | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jessica Khoury | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alaa Karkouti | Co-Producer |
| Production | Maher Diab | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jutta Feit | Co-Producer |
| Production | Julia Peters | Co-Producer |
| Production | Stefanie Plattner | Co-Producer |
| Production | Suzannah Mirghani | Co-Producer |
| Production | Gordon Spragg | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michael Arnon | Co-Producer |
| Production | Laurin Dietrich | Co-Producer |
| Art | Marwa Amer | Set Designer |