Layla M.
When Dutch-born Muslim girl Laila (18) feels less and less at home in the Netherlands, she slowly but surely becomes involved with a group of extremists and radicalizes. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initally, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.
Credits
Cast: Nora el Koussour, Ilias Addab
Screenplay: Jan Eilander, Mijke de Jong
Director: Mijke de Jong
Camera: Danny Elsen SBC
Composer: Can Erdogan
Editing: Dorith Vinken NCE
Production design: Jorien Sont
Costume: Jacqueline Steijlen
Mask: Trudy Buren
Sound: Joost Roskam
Mix: Alek Goosse
Producer: Jet Christiaanse, Chantal Nissen, Rula Nasser
Co-producer: Menuet, Chromosom Film, The Imaginarium Films, NTR, Schiwago Film
Producer: Topkapi Films
Production year: 2016
Festival Participations
- 37th Filmfest München, 2017
- Nederlands Film Festival, 2017
- Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2017
- Cairo International Film Festival, 2016
- Chicago International Film Festival, 2016
- Gijón International Film Festival, 2016
- BFI London Film Festival, 2016
- Philadelphia Film Festival, 2016
- Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), 2016
- 8th Les Arcs European Film Festival, 2016
Awards
- Nederlands Film Festival, 2017:
Best Actress – Nora El Koussour
Best Supporting Actor – Mohammed Azaay - 37th Filmfest München, 2017:
Fritz Gerlich Prize – Mijke de Jong - Philadelphia Film Festival, 2016:
Jury Special Award for Outstanding Performance – Nora El Koussour - Les Arcs European Film Festival, 2016:
Audience Award – Mijke de Jong
Best Actress – Nora El Koussour
