Cotton Queen (2025 film)
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- Caroline Daube
- Didar Domehri
- Mihad Murtada
- Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud
- Talaat Fareed
- Haram Bisheer
- Mohamed Musa
- Hassan Kassala
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| Directed by | Suzannah Mirghani |
| Written by | Suzannah Mirghani |
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| Cinematography | Frida Marzouk |
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| Music by | Amine Bouhafa |
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| Distributed by | Mad Solutions |
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Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
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| Language | Arabic |
Cotton Queen is a 2025 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani in her feature directorial debut. It stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa and Hassan Kassala.
It had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival in the Critics Week section on 3 September 2025.
Nafisa lives in a cotton farming village in Sudan, where she is raised on tales from her grandmother of battling British colonizers. When a businessman arrives, with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, she becomes the center of a power play.[2]
Cast
- Mihad Murtada as Nafisa
- Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud as Al-Sit
- Talaat Fareed as Babiker
- Haram Bisheer
- Mohamed Musa as Bilal
- Hassan Kassala as Nadir
Production
Production was set to take place in Sudan, however, due to the Sudanese civil war, it was relocated to Egypt.[3] Production took place over the course of 25 days.[4]