We have an encore screening on Sunday, April 28.
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We open the 23rd annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival with a reception beginning at 6:00 p.m. The film will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.
BYE BYE TIBERIAS
2023, dir. Lina Soualem
Palestine, France, Belgium, Qatar; 82 min.
In Arabic and French with English subtitles
Thirty years ago, Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass (known for Succession as well as films like Lemon Tree and Paradise Now) left her village in Galilee to follow her dreams of acting in France. In this poignant portrait, both deeply personal and inescapably political, filmmaker Lina Soualem — who is also Abbas’ daughter — traces the story of her mother, her mother’s mother, and their extended family, all of whose lives have been defined by separation, exile, and displacement. Interwoven with nostalgic home video recordings and archival footage of Palestinian life through the decades, BYE BYE TIBERIAS is a memoir about the burden of leaving, the endurance of memory, and the determination to forge one’s own destinies and identities. Selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature for the 96th Academy Awards.
BYE BYE TIBERIAS was Palestine’s submission to the Oscars.
Preceded by the short films:
JAMILA
2023, dir. Julia Freij, 15 min.
In this coming of age drama set in the mid-2000s, Nour, a Palestinian American teenage girl, must rediscover her multicultural identity after years of repressing her background and growing up among western standards of beauty.
Director Julia Freij, Producer Peri Michael, and Cinematographer Pascale Williams will be in attendance
AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA
2023, dir. Mohammed Almughanni, 27 min.
Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers that Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. Trouble begins.
Post-film virtual interview with Director Mohammed Almughanni
