A film by leïla albayaty
Leila Albayaty
After an accident that caused memory loss and several years of exile, a young French-Iraqi woman reconnects with her family to understand who she is. Gathered in the family home in the south of France, Leila confronts her father, Abdul, with his own past, the Iraq war, and decides to learn Arabic to set to music the poems he wrote for her. Language and music gradually lead her to long-repressed memories, guiding her towards the discovery of her origins and the Arab world. This is the odyssey of a woman who sings her story to reinvent herself, driven by an irrepressible desire to live.
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, GreeceEl Gouna Film Festival, EgyptCinemania, Francophone Film Festival, Canada Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco Brussels International Film Festival, BelgiumEdinburgh Documentary Film Festival, ScotlandAnnual Aarhus Film Festival, DenmarkArab Film Festival of Rotterdam, NetherlandsZawya Cairo Week, Egypt Beyond Borders Film Festival, GreeceFidba Documentary Film Festival, Argentina Quinzaine of the Francophone Films, FranceCinealma Mediterranean Film Festival, FranceCarthage Film Festival, Tunisia Bozar Film Festival, BelgiumCinema Sans Frontières, France
Best Asian Film - Netpac Awards (Iraq) at the El Gouna Film FestivalGrand Jury Prize at the Mediterranean Film Festival of TetouanBest Documentary at the Annual Aarhus Film FestivalBest Documentary at the Arab Film Festival of RotterdamJury Prize of the Credit Agricole at Cinealma
