Director:
Lina Soualem
Lina Soualem
Genre:
Documentary
Documentary
Year:
2023
2023
Duration:
82 minutes
82 minutes
Rating:
13+
13+
Country:
Palestine
Palestine
Language:
Arabic (Palestine), French
Arabic (Palestine), French
Subtitling:
Arabic (non-Arabic dialogue), English
Arabic (non-Arabic dialogue), English
Screenplay: Lina Soualem and Nadine Naous, in collaboration with Gladys Joujou
Cast: Hiam Abbass
Cinematography: Frida Marzouk
Editing: Gladys Joujou
Production: Beall Productions (France), Altitude100 Productions (Belgium), Philistine Films (Palestine)
Awards: • Grierson Award in Documentary Competition - BFI London Film Festival- London, UK- 2023
• Jury Prize - Marrakech Film Festival - Marrakech, Morocco - 2023
Début Status: Jordanian Première
Synopsis
In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters.
Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile and the way the women in their family influenced both their lives. Set between past and present, Bye Bye Tiberias pieces together images of today, family footage from the nineties and historical archives to portray four generations of daring Palestinian women who keep their story and legacy alive through the strength of their bonds, despite exile, dispossession, and heartbreak.
Director’s biography
Lina Soualem is a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. After studying History and Political Science at La Sorbonne University, Lina started working as a programmer for the International Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires. Lina’s debut feature documentary “Their Algeria” premiered in Visions du Réel International Film Festival 2020. It received the First Film Award in CINEMED Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, the Best Arab Documentary Award in El Gouna Film Festival and the Best Documentary Award at Cinemania Film Festival, among a dozen other awards. Lina acted in three feature films directed by Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass and Rayhana. She currently works as an author on fiction films, documentaries and TV series.
Screening Date & Time
July 6, 2024
8:00 pm
Royal Film Commission (RFC)
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