Aïcha: Symbolism, memory and place in Moroccan feminist cinema

Jamal Soussi writes, Aïcha by Sanaa El Alaoui is a short film in terms of duration, but remarkably ambitious in its scope. The film adopts silence as its language, not to conceal, but to reveal. It doesn't recount events: it delves into, unearths, and stirs the layers of memory, ritual, and physical pain. The camera becomes an empathetic instrument, reconfiguring grief and questioning how trauma alters time, identity, and self-perception.