‘Bye Bye Tiberias’ Director Lina Soualem On Tracing Her Mother’s Legacy: “It Was Vital For Me To Understand And Know More About Her Path” – TIFF Studio

BYE BYE TIBERIAS

Director: Lina Soualem
Logline: Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass (Succession) returns home with her daughter, filmmaker Lina Soualem, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.

Panelist: Lina Soualem (director), Hiam Abbass (subject).
First Screening: September 11, 6:45 p.m. EST, Scotiabank Theater.
Key Quote: “It wasn’t so much a discussion rather than a need to open the door. It took us time to accept that we were both going on this path. It was also difficult for me, as for her, to open this door, but I was trying to make her trust me and understand that it was vital for me to understand and know more about her path and the paths of the women in our family, so I could myself find my place in this family and in the story of this lineage of women.” – Lina Soualem

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