A Door to the Sky

Directed by Farida Benlyazid

With Zakia Tahiri, Chaaibia El Adraoui, Eva Saint-Paul, Fatima Loukili and Abderrahim Bayga

In this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice of mystic Kirana chanting the Koran. A powerful friendship develops between the two women as they decide to turn the father's palace into a shelter for Muslim women.