Lina Soualem’s docmentary features her mother, actor Hiam Abbass.Switzerland’s Lightdox has acquired world sales rights to Lina Soualem’s Bye Bye Tiberias ahead of the documentary’s world premiere in the special events sidebar of Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori.Soualem’s feature captures the stories passed on by four generations of daring Palestinian women in her family, one of whom is her mother Hiam Abbass, the celebrated actor whose credits include Succession, Inheritance, and Munich.Soualem accompanies her mother and questions her choices as Abbass returns to the native Palestinian village 30 years after she left…
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