Sinopsis
When Hiam Abbass left her village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, she also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, Lina, her filmmaker daughter, returns with her to travel through vanished places among scattered memories of four generations of Palestinian women.
Lina Soualem is a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. After studying History and Political Science at the Sorbonne University, she began working in journalism and as a programmer at film festivals, seeking to combine her interests in cinema and the study of contemporary Arab societies. Lina worked as a programmer for the International Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires and the Palest'In&Out Festival in Paris, among others. In 2019, she released her first feature-length documentary, Leur Algerie (Their Algeria). In recent years, Lina acted in three feature films directed by Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass and Rayhana. Bye Bye Tiberias is her second feature-length documentary that has been screened worldwide. Currently, she works as an author and assistant director in fictions, documentaries and television series.
Awards and festivals:
- Venice Film Festival – Giornate degli Autori, Italy, 2023
- Toronto Film Festival, Canada (North American Premiere 2023)
- BFI London Film Festival (UK Premiere), 2023
- Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA, 2024
- IDFA (Dutch Premiere), The Netherlands, 2023
- Docs Barcelona, Docs&Love Section, 2024
Year of production: 2023
Running time: 82 minutes
Country: France, Palestine, Belgium and Qatar
Language: French and Arabic. Original version with Spanish subtitles
Director: Lina Soualem
Production: Jean-Marie Nizan
Cinematography: Frida Marzouk
Production companies: Beall Productions, Altitude100, Philistine Films
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