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Partner: TalentBridge – Cannes 2026
Director:
Bilal SAFADI
Filmmaker's profile
From the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Laila sets out to cross the border into Syria to attend her father’s funeral. At one of the world’s most tightly controlled frontiers, grief collides with a system that traps her and her family in an endless state of waiting.
Duration: 18min.
Country: Israel
Language: Arabic (Levantine)
Year: 2026
Genre: Fiction (Drama)
Topic: Family, Politics
Director: Bilal SAFADI
Production company: tel aviv university
Writer: bosmat shapira
Cinematographer: mahdi kasem
Editor: mlk al halabi
Music: busher kanj abu saleh
Actors: Mouna hawa - laila , Jameelh khoury - sameeh , adee safadi - red cross worker , joud abu saleh - adam
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