Screening of Bye Bye Tiberias (Bye bye Tibériade)

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Lina Soualem, 2023, 82 min. Screening followed by a Q&A with Director Lina Soualem and Thomas Dodman

Maison Française

In the Middle: Women Documenting Struggles

Centered around the experiences of three young female artists and directors, this short series explores themes of identity, memory, displacement, and resilience through compelling narratives that bridge Francophone and Arab perspectives.

Lina Soualem, 2023, 82 min. Screening followed by a Q&A with Director Lina Soualem and Thomas DodmanIn French and Palestinian Arabic with English Subtitles Leaving her village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women. “This urgent personal documentary of longing, displacement and connection illuminates Palestinian family archives at a time when these documents and stories are being erased in the ongoing genocide. Cinematically weaving generations of matrilineal history with that of her motherland, we honour filmmaker Lina Soualem for her courage and artistry.”Jury Statement, Feature Documentary Award at DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2024This event is part of a short series of documentary films on the theme of "In the Middle: Women Documenting Struggles" produced by Maison Française and co-sponsored by the Center for Palestine Studies, MESAAS and Middle East Institute at Columbia University. Join us on March 6 for <a href="https://maisonfrancaise.columbia.edu/events/sudan-remember-us-soudan-souviens-toi" title="https://maisonfrancaise.columbia.edu/events/sudan-remember-us-soudan-souviens-toi" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sudan, Remember Us</a> (Soudan, souviens-toi) by Hind Meddeb, 2024, followed by a Q&A with director Hind Meddeb and Thomas Dodman. And on March 27, the U.S. Premiere of <a href="https://maisonfrancaise.columbia.edu/events/abdul-leila" title="https://maisonfrancaise.columbia.edu/events/abdul-leila" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">From Abdul To Leila</a> by Leila Albayaty.