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Nov 2, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Hiam Abbass |Lina Soualem |Oscar Rickett |Katherine Hearst
Bye Bye Tiberias opens with grainy VHS footage of a woman and her child swimming in the waters of Lake Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. The Franco-Palestinian-Algerian director Lina Soualem narrates: “As a child, my mother took me swimming in this lake as if to bathe me in her story.”This cinematic memoir attempts to tell that story by gathering and piecing together the memories of her family, dispersed by the Israeli occupation.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
businessdoceurope.com | Geoffrey Macnab |Lina Soualem
Audiences may be surprised by the feature documentary Direct Action (which had its world premiere in the Berlin Festival’s Encounters section and which is long-listed for Best Documentary, European Film Awards 2024). Given the title, many will be expecting a rousing piece of fiery agit-prop.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
businessdoceurope.com | Lina Soualem |Nick Cunningham
In 1948, Lina Soualem’s great grandmother Um Ali and her husband Hosni were “driven out of Tiberias and propelled into history,” we are told early in director Soualem’s new documentary Bye Bye Tiberias. The couple were evicted, together with their eight children, from their home by Lake Tiberias (also known as the Sea of Galilee) in Palestine after the founding of the new state of Israel.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
elmercuriodigital.net | Lina Soualem
Hace treinta años, Hiam abandonó su pueblo palestino dejando atrás a su bisabuela Um Ali, su madre Neemat, su padre Said, sus siete hermanas y dos hermanos, para perseguir su sueño de convertirse en actriz en Europa. Su hija, Lina, cineasta, decidió regresar con ella al pueblo analizando tanto el exilio de su madre cómo sus relaciones familiares, incluyendo las influencias de las mujeres de su familia sobre su madre y ella misma.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
cinemagavia.es | Lina Soualem |Fernando Gálligo Estévez
Bye Bye Tiberias (Bye Bye Tibériade) es un documental autobiográfico de la guionista y directora Lina Soualem, coproducido por Bélgica, Francia y Palestina, realizado en 2023 por la compañía Beall Productions. Bye Bye Tiberias fue premiado en el BFI London Film Festival 2023 al Mejor Documental y nominado en los Premios Independent Spirit Awards.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
newsghana.com.gh | Roger A. Agana |Lina Soualem
The Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival (FCAT) has revealed the winners of its 21st edition. The international jury, consisting of Alejandra Val Cubero, Azza Chaabouni, and Farida Benlyazid, awarded the Best Feature Film Prize in the Long-Sightedness competitive section to Bye Bye Tiberias, directed by Franco-Algerian-Palestinian filmmaker Lina Soualem.
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May 29, 2024 | 
thefashionvibes.com | Lina Soualem
Fighting for Palestine means fighting for the survival and dignity of human lives, but it also means preventing culture does not die. And precisely, whether literary, artistic or cinematic, Palestinian culture is abundant. Who better to advise you than the members of the Ciné Palestine festival 3 magnificent films, which testify to the richness of this culture. This association promotes Palestinian cinema through awareness of the struggle.
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May 22, 2024 | 
londondaily.news | Lina Soualem
The Arab British Centre announces this year’s SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL programme – On Dreams, Hopes & Realities curated by Rabih El-Khoury. SAFAR, now in its ninth edition, is the foremost platform for showcasing Arab cinema in the UK. By centring stories from the Arab world and its diaspora, the festival challenges preconceptions, fosters discourse, solidarity, and enhances cross-cultural understanding.
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May 9, 2024 | 
thefilmexperience.net | Cláudio Alves |Lina Soualem
by Cláudio Alves DUNE: PART TWO is the nomination leader, with eight individual citations. Some time ago, Nick Davis used to have an annual tradition on his blog, commemorating the landmark of fifty new releases watched with an awards roster of sorts. Going through different Oscar-y categories, it felt like a way to celebrate the year in cinema before all the buzzy releases took over the conversation.
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May 9, 2024 | 
businessdoceurope.com | Nick Cunningham |Lina Soualem
In hilariously ironic and self-reflective fashion, US filmmaker John Wilson explained his working MO to the audience of Docs Barcelona Industry. His Emmy-nominated three-season series How To With John Wilson, about everyday folk and their everyday lives, has achieved enormous worldwide success on HBO Max. First of all, Wilson explained what he had been doing in Barcelona for the past three days. “It was cool. I did some karaoke.
