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New Documentary Explores Lives of Sunlight-Death Disorder Kids

11/26/2025

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Asmae El Moudir’s documentary Don’t Let the Sun Go Up on Me is in production.
The Marrakech Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops will screen the film.
It follows Fatimazahra and the Children of the Moon, living with a sunlight-death disorder.
El Moudir aims to portray their lives without depicting them as victims.
The Atlas Workshops run from November 30 to December 4, with Romanian director Cristian Mungiu as patron.

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Story summary

Asmae El Moudir’s documentary Don’t Let the Sun Go Up on Me is in production.
The Marrakech Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops will screen the film.
It follows Fatimazahra and the Children of the Moon, living with a sunlight-death disorder.
El Moudir aims to portray their lives without depicting them as victims.
The Atlas Workshops run from November 30 to December 4, with Romanian director Cristian Mungiu as patron.