“Bye Bye Tiberias” first premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, more than a month before the start of the latest Israel-Hamas war, sparked by the militant group's deadly incursion into Israel on Oct. 7.
It is the only Palestinian film in competition in Marrakech, where festival organizers have, unlike past years, not held screenings in a popular square that has seen protests against the war.
Soualem declined to answer a question about how today's war affected reactions to her film.
That year, the British ordered the family to leave their home in Tiberias, a city on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
“These images are the treasure of my memory that I don’t want to fade,” says Soualem, who narrates the documentary.
Persons:
Hiam Abbass, “, ”, Lina Soualem's, Abbass, ” “, ” splices, Nemat, Soualem, Soualem's, Deir Hanna, ” Abbass, ” Soualem
Organizations:
year's, Venice, Associated Press, West Bank, British, Palestinian National Theatre
Locations:
MARRAKECH, Morocco, ”, Marrakech, Israel, Gaza, Soualem, Europe, United States, Algeria, North Africa, France, Tiberias, Deir Hanna, Galilee, Syria, Palestinian, “