Arab Film Festival Australia

Grandma, A Thousand Times

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Director: Mahmoud Kaabour
Country: Lebanon
Year: 2010
Duration: 48 min

A poetic and playful magic-realist documentary that puts a feisty Beiruti grandmother at the centre of brave film exercises concocted by her filmmaker grandson to capture and commemorate her many worlds before they are erased by the passage of time.

 

FESTIVALS

  • Audience Award, Best Documentary and Jury Special Mention, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, 2010
  • Best Documentary, London Documentary Film Festival, 2011
  • Audience Award, Best International Documentary, Dox Box Film Festival, 2011
 

Watch the trailer

City Date Time Venue
SYDNEY Sunday 3 July 2pm Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
CANBERRA Sunday 17 July 4.30pm National Film and Sound Archive, Acton

Festival Dates

Sydney30 June - 3 July|Riverside Theatres Parramatta
Melbourne8 - 10 July|Cinema Nova Carlton
Canberra14 - 17 July|National Film and Sound Archive
Adelaide23 - 24 July|Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
Brisbane30 - 31 July|Dendy Portside

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