THE HISTORY

Hafida is a single mother in Tangier. She ran away from home when she became pregnant. Years later she has become a reproductive and sexual health educator and returns to her city, El Jadida, with her son. The men in the family reject her motherhood. Sex outside of marriage is a crime in Morocco. The law marks single mothers as whores and their children as bastards.

 Spain, 2016

Director:

Lorenzo Benitez

Script:

Lorenzo Benitez

Helena Madico

Producers:

Lorenzo Benitez

Juan Valentin Romero

Photography:

Pedro Sara

Music:

Diego Lara

Sound:

Mari Luz Dominguez

Maria Zafra

Diego Lara

Yolaforgive

Duration: 67'

Original languages:

Dariya (Moroccan Arabic)

Spanish

French

Country of production:

Spain

Distribution:

Juan Valentin Romero

 DIRECTOR

Lorenzo Benítez is an advisor to the EU-Latin America co-production and international distribution workshop PUENTES/EAVE program to be held in 2016 at the Locarno Festival. He has been assistant director and producer of documentaries at Al Jazeera, ZDF, TVE, SRF and Canal Sur.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

• DocumentaMadrid International Festival 2016. Competitive Section. Premiere in Spain.
• Cinema Rif. Tangier. 2016. Premiere in Morocco.
• Seville European Film Festival 2016. Andalusian Panorama.
• Beirut International Film Festival 2016. 'Rejection Front' Section.
• Cádiz Alcances Documentary Film Festival 2016. Inaugural film.
• Cartagena International Film Festival 2016. European Panorama.
• Tarifa African Film Festival 2016.
• AMAL International Euro-Arab Film Festival 2016.
• Miradasdoc International Festival 2017.
• Nominated for ASECAN Andalusian Cinema awards for Best Documentary and Best New Director.