Cotton Queen (15)

Dir Suzannah Mirghani/SD DE FR 2025/94 mins/Arabic wEng ST
Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat FareedIn a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit.But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the centre of a power play to determine the future of the village.Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields - and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.