Lina Soualem's intimate second feature, Bye Bye Tiberias, moves seamlessly through archives, poems and voice-over to build an inspiring new narrative for the Palestinian side of her family. By shedding light on the lives of four generations of women, Lina puts into perspective the story of her own mother, actress Hiam Abbass, who left her village of Deir Hanna, close to Lake Tiberias, at a young age to follow her dreams. The film sensitively emphasizes the importance of lineage while exploring intergenerational relationships in the context of exile and displacement. This film paints a portrait of resilient women whose individualized stories of loss and historical transmission become the lens through which the collective memory of an entire people is discerned. (ME)

With the support of the Consulat général de France à Québec

Bye Bye Tiberias