Haunted by memories of his childhood in Baghdad, Abdullah suffers from dementia and struggles to communicate with his British-born daughter, Leilah. As his mind wavers between his past and his unfamiliar present, he no longer remembers the life he has lived in London for the past 60 years or the fluent English he has spoken. Leilah, who only speaks English, needs one last moment of connection with her father before she also fades from his memory.
Cast
Sami Abdulhameed
Houda Echoufani Crew
Screenwriter: Ashtar Al Khirsan
DOP: Vladimir Trivic
Editor: Tracy Granger
Original Title: Abdullah w Leilah
Production Company(ies):
Resource Productions
Producer(s):
Dominique Unsworth
El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
Created Out of Mind Short Film Festival, UK
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), USA
Encounters Film Festival, UK
Shubbak Festival, UK
European Psychoanalytic Film Festival (epff), UK
Toronto Arab Film, Canada
Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan
Roving Eye Film Festival, Rhode Island