Mon 22 Apr

Doors:19:00

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CinemaNA: Bye Bye Tiberias by Lina Soualem

Name: CinemaNA: Bye Bye Tiberias by Lina Soualem
Start: 2024-04-22T19:00:00+0400
End: 2024-04-22T22:00:00+0400
Location: The Blue Hall, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi
Rating: 5

The Blue Hall, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi

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Mon 22 Apr

Doors:19:00

The Blue Hall, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi

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كانت فعالية مميزة وجميلة خصوصا انها اول تجربة لي لحضور فيلم يعتبر وثائقي واستمتعت بالتجربة مع اصدقائي .. ونريد تكثيف عرض مثل هذه الافلام

A live conversation with French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker Lina Soualem, accompanying her film, Bye Bye Tiberias.

Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.

Biographies

Lina Soualem
French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. After studying History and Political Science at La Sorbonne University, Lina Soualem 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 2020 and 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 2021, among a dozen other awards. Lina Soualem also acted in three feature films directed by Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, and Rayhana. She currently works as an author on fiction, documentaries, and TV series.

The Blue Hall, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi

NYU Abu Dhabi A6 Arts & Humanities Bldg - Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Hwy - Al Saadiyat Island - Saadiyat Marina District - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates