THE BORROWED DRESS

Name: THE BORROWED DRESS
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017
Duration: 54 min

Director: Leen Alfaisal

Rights:

Highlights

World premiered at the London International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema
Screened at Warehouse 421
Won three awards, including Best Documentary at the Silk Road International Film Festival, and screened at a number of international festivals, including the Malmö Arab Film Festival
Held its Arab world premiere at the Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival

2017/ UAE - Jordan - Lebanon - Syria54 min/ Documentary

Original Title

Toub Al E’yra

SYNOPSIS

Grandmother Susu (80 years old), her daughter Doaa (50 years old), and her grandson Saad (16 years old) are forced to flee Syria after the beginning of the revolution to live in different scattered areas, with the one thing left to share being their desire to reunite.
The details of their personal stories and human experiences are microcosms of two stories — one of a population that has spread all over the world, and the other of a homeland that might have changed forever.

CAST

Siham Abu Nabbout
Doaa Al-Zoabi
Saad Alkuwatly

CREW

Screenwriter: Leen Alfaisal
DOP: Leen Alfaisal
Editor: Leen Alfaisal

Production Company(ies)

Creative Media Solutions

Producer(s)

Sarah Hassan Alaa Alasaad

London International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, UK

Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland

Beirut International Women's Film Festival, Lebanon

Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon

Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden

Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan

Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia

Arabian Film Festival, Bangladesh

Al Ain Film Festival, UAE

Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands

Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt

Special Jury Mention at the Beirut International Women's Film Festival

Best Documentary at the Silk Road International Film Festival

Best Foreign Score, Artemin Women in Action Film Festival