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The Tower

Director: Mats Grorud

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Highlights

The Tower is a deeply emotional fiction based on true stories of Palestinian refugees living in camps in Lebanon, inspired by real-life interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
The film won two awards at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival.

2018/ France - Sweden - Norway79 min/ Drama

SYNOPSIS

Beirut, Lebanon, Today. Wardi, an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl, lives with her whole family in the refugee camp where she was born. Her beloved great-grandfather Sidi was one of the first people to settle in the camp after being chased from his home back in 1948. The day Sidi gives her the key to his old house back in Galilee, she fears he may have lost hope of someday going home. As she searches for Sidi’s lost hope around the camp, she will collect her family’s testimonies, from one generation to the next.

CAST

Romina AdlKasravi
Mohamed Bakri
Najila Said
Morad Hassan

CREW

Screenwriter: Mats Grorud
Editor: Silje Nordseth

Production Company(ies)

Les Contes modernes
Cinenic Film
Tenk.tv

Producer(s)

Frode Søbstad

Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France
film festivals

Metropolis Youth Film Festival, Lebanon
film festivals

Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA
film festivals

Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands
film festivals

Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt
film festivals

Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco
film festivals

London Palestine Film Festival, UK
film festivals

Palestine Cinema Days, Plalestine
film festivals

Annecy International Animated Film, France
film festivals

Arab Film Festival in Famac, France
film festivals

Busan International Film Festival, South Korea
film festivals

Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland
film festivals

European Film Festival in Ishbilia, Lebanon
film festivals

Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt

Liv Ullmann Peace Prize and the Professional Jury: 2nd Prize for Best Animated Feature Film at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA

Reviews

The Hollywood Reporter – Jordan Mintzer

Quotes

“The Tower is filled with moments of bittersweet humor and shreds of hope…” - Jordan Mintzer (The Hollywood Reporter)