Bye Bye Tiberias
Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Emmy-nominated Hiam Abbass (Succession, Ramy, Blade Runner 2049) returns home with her daughter in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.
Thank you to our screening partners: Twelve Gates Arts and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP)
Directors Spotlight
Lina Soualem
Director
Lina Soualem, a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, was born and is based in Paris. After completing her studies in History and Political Science at La Sorbonne University, she worked as a programmer for the International Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires. Soualem’s debut feature documentary, “Their Algeria,” premiered at the Visions du Réel International Film Festival in 2020. It won the First Film Award at the CINEMED Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, the Best Arab Documentary Award at the El Gouna Film Festival, and the Best Documentary Award at the Cinemania Film Festival in 2021, along with a dozen other accolades. Lina Soualem has also acted in three feature films, directed by Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, and Rayhana. She is currently engaged in writing for fiction, documentaries, and TV series.
- Runtime
- 82 minutes
- Country
- France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar
- Language
- French, Palestinian Arabic
- Director
- Lina Soualem
- Cinematographer
- Frida Marzouk
- Co Producer
- Guillaume Malandrin, Ossama Bawardi
- Editor
- Gladys Joujou
- Music
- Amine Bouhafa
- Producer
- Jean-Marie Nizan
- Screenwriter
- Lina Soualem and Nadine Naous, in collaboration with Gladys Joujou
- Premiere
- Philadelphia