After “Their Algeria,” a well-received documentary from 2020 about the parents of her actor father Zinedine Soualem, France-born filmmaker-performer Lina Soualem turns her camera on her maternal relatives in “Bye Bye Tiberias,” in particular her mother, the Palestine-born actress Hiam Abbass. By telling their story, she hopes to reclaim and question the personal, historical and visual legacies she inherited and to answer the question “How does a woman find her place when caught between worlds?” a question that applies equally to her and her mother. After its world premiere at the Venice Film Fest, the essay film, with its mix of the personal and the political, has been a festival favorite, going on to win the Grierson award for best documentary in London and the jury prize ex aequo in Marrakech. It represents Palestine in the Oscar international feature competition.
The title gives a clue to what Soualem considers the critical...
The title gives a clue to what Soualem considers the critical...
- 12/8/2023
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
The new programme aims to provide year-round support for Idfa alumni as well as offering creative and professional development. Last week, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa), the world's largest event celebrating non-fiction filmmaking, announced the launch of a new development programme called Idfa Project Space, which is set to kick off online on 29 June. The initiative aims to provide year-round support for Idfa alumni as well as creative and professional development opportunities for selected filmmakers from the Idfa Competition for First Appearance, the Idfa Bertha Fund and IDFAcademy, among other Idfa talents. On this occasion, ten international teams will join the first phase of the programme (29 June-10 July) and will receive valuable mentorship from acclaimed filmmakers such as Karim Aïnouz, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Alan Berliner, Emma Davie, Maite Alberdi, Gladys Joujou, Ollie Huddleston and Jesper Osmund. During the first phase, the teams will work on developing their...
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