Scene from Layla M.

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
Scene from Layla M.
Scene from Layla M.