In a Sudanese village famous for its cotton cultivation, a girl named Nafisa grew up listening to heroic stories about fighting British colonizers, told to her by her grandmother, the respected matriarch of the village. However, when a young businessman arrives from the outside with a new development plan and genetically modified cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power struggle to determine the village's future. Nafisa awakens her own strength and sets out to save the cotton fields and herself, but neither she nor her community will ever be the same.
The film "Cotton Queen" is a story of the clash between tradition and modernity, personal struggle, and community-wide change.
The film "Cotton Queen" is written and directed by Suzana Mirghani, with cinematography by Fida Marzouk and a score by Amin Bouhafa. It stars Mahad Mortaja, Rabeha Mahmoud, Talat Farid, Haram Bashir, Mohamed Moussa, and Hassan Mohi Eddin.
The Sudanese film "Cotton Queen" by director Suzana Mirghani won the Golden Alexander (Theo Angelopoulos) Award for Best Feature Film at the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in Southeastern Europe. This victory is historic for Sudanese cinema on the world stage.
