So What If the Goats Die

So What If the Goats Die (French: Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent), is a 2020 Moroccan short film directed by Sofia Alaoui.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} It was screened at a number of international film festivals including the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Namur International Francophone Film Festival, winning multiple awards.^{[8][9][10][11][12]} In 2023, Alaoui released a feature film based on the short titled Animalia.

So What If the Goats Die
Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent
Directed by	Sofia Alaoui
Written by	Sofia Alaoui
Produced by	Sofia Alaoui, Margaux Lorier
Starring	Saïd Ouabi, Fouad Oughaou, Moha Oughaou
Cinematography	Noé Bach
Edited by	Héloïse Pelloquet
Music by	Amine Bouhafa
Release date	January 2020 (2020-01) (Sundance)[1]
Running time	23 minutes
Countries	Morocco, France
Language	Berber

Synopsis

In the Atlas Mountains, Abdellah, a young shepherd, and his father are stuck in their sheepfold because of the snow. Their livestock are dying, and Abdellah has to get food from a village more than a day's walk away. With his mule, he arrives at the village and discovers that it is deserted because of a curious event.^[4][13][14]

Cast

• Saïd Ouabi (Lunatic)
• Fouad Oughaou (Abdellah)
• Moha Oughaou (Father)
• Oumaïma Oughaou (Itto)

External links

• So What If the Goats Die at IMDb