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D’Abdul à Leila

From Abdul to Leïla (National Competition)

Leïla Albayaty

28.06 Palace 21:00 TICKET
02.07 UGC De Brouckère 18:15 TICKET
Documentary . 92' . Belgium, Germany . 2024 . French, arabic / ST : EN/NL/FR

Amnesia, art, and heritage intertwine in the quest of Leila, a Franco-Iraqi artist who, after an accident, reconstructs her past by learning Arabic between Europe and the Middle East and singing the poems of her exiled father.

The 28 june screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Leïla Albayaty

🏆 Grand Prix du Jury at the Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan (Morocco)

🏆 Best Documentary at the Annual Aarhus Film Festival (Denmark)

🏆 Nominated for the Alexander Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece)

🏆 Best Asian Film (Iraq) at the El Gouna Film Festival (Egypt)

🏆 Best Documentary at the 24th Rotterdam Arab Film Festival

STARRING

Leila Albayaty, Abdul Albayaty, Simone Albayaty, Dalia Naous

DIRECTOR

Leïla Albayaty

SOUND

Nicolas Pommier, Gabor Ripli, Mikaël Barre

IMAGE

Zoé Nutchey, Jonathan Bricheux, Leila Albayaty

EDITOR

Barbara Bossuet, Zoé Nutchey, Leila Albayaty

MUSIC

Leila Albayaty

PRODUCTION

Dérives, Volte Films

Leïla Albayaty

Leila_Profil

Leila Albayaty is of French and Iraqi origins and works in various countries. She is self-taught and engages in writing, directing, acting, drawing, and composing music for her films. She directed the short film “VU” (2009), which received a special mention at the Berlinale 2009. “BERLIN TELEGRAM” was selected in thirty international festivals and received the TV5 award for Best Francophone Film at Geneva. “FACE B”, a 40′ docu-drama, had its World Premiere at the Berlinale 2015.

FILMOGRAPHY

FILMOGRAPHY

2006 : VACANCES

2009 : VU

2012 : BERLIN TELEGRAM

2015 : FACE B

 

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