Panorama - Horizons
From Germany, the filmmaker talks to his father in Syria. In between long silences, the film evokes the feeling of powerlessness brought on by exile.
BACKGROUND
- Khaled Abdulwahed
- 2023
- Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 64 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Driven into exile by far-right paramilitary forces, the inhabitants of a Colombian village return 20 years later to the place they once called home.
LA BONGA
- Sebastián Pinzón Silva, Canela Reyes
- 2023
- Colombia, United States
- s.t. French or English
- 78 min
Opening film
The filmmaker turns her camera on her mother, actress Hiam Abbass, to paint an intimate intergenerational portrait of the daring Palestinian women in her family. The work offers a sensitive look at exile while celebrating the resilience of family ties.
BYE BYE TIBERIAS
- Lina Soualem
- 2023
- France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar
- s.t. French and English
- 82 min