Let the earth burn

by Sofia Alaoui and Måns Mårlind

Film

Title: Let the earth burn

Screenwriters : Sofia Alaoui and Måns Mårlind

Director: Sofia Alaoui

Duration: 6×52′

Genre: Series, Fiction

Country: France

Production: Barney Production.

Synopsis: KENZA, a recent graduate of the police academy, is, despite getting good results, posted to a remote police station in a small town in the Atlas mountains.
Surrounded by misogynistic, unwilling colleagues, Kenza learns, despite their indifference, that some shepherds’ children are going missing…

Locations: Morocco

Screenwriters

Sofia Alaoui

Born in Casablanca, Sofia split her childhood between Morocco and China. After studying in Paris, she settled in Casablanca in 2015 and directs both documentaries: Children of Nablus, Les vagues ou rien, and fiction shorts: Le rêve de Cendrillon, Ghost Mode. Her most recent short film, So What if the Goats Die, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020, the 2021 Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma, the 2021 Jury Prize at Paris Courts Devant, and the 2021 César Award for Best Short Film. After a short film commissioned by Hulu for a horror series, she directed her first feature, Among Us, produced by Wrong Film and Srab Films in France, which is currently in post-production.

Måns Mårlind

Måns Mårlind was born on July 29, 1969 in Vallentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is a writer and director, known for Midnight Sun (2016), The Bridge (2011) and Swoon (2019).

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