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7:00 PM
"D'Abdul à Leila", Leila Albayati
Film screening and Q&A|Halaqat II - Echoes of Equality
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Bozar, Brussels
- Language Film in original version AR/FR with subtitles EN, Q&A
- Price 6,00-8,00€
Halaqat, the project fostering exchange between Europe and the Arab region, enters a new phase in January. With a film series by Arab filmmakers and an evening with Prix Goncourt winner Leïla Slimani organised at and with Bozar from 22 until 28 January 2025, this new round provides a space for cultural actors in Arab countries and Europe to artistically reflect on topics of care.
We open the series on 22 January with D’Abdul à Leila by Leila Albayati (2024).
The documentary is the odyssey of a woman who sings her story in order to reinvent herself, driven by an irrepressible desire to live. After suffering amnesia following an accident, Leila, a young French artist of Iraqi origin, reunites with her family and delves into her roots to reconstruct her past. She learns Arabic, interprets the poems of her exiled Iraqi father and immerses herself in the history of the Gulf War.
Leila Albayati is a multi-disciplinary artist of Iraqi origin and French nationality, working in various countries. She directed the short film VU (2009), which received a special mention at the 2009 Berlin Festival. BERLIN TELEGRAM was selected for some thirty international festivals and won the TV5 prize for best French-language film in Geneva. FACE B, a 40-minute docu-drama, had its world premiere at the 2015 Berlinale. D’Abdul à Leila was part of the official selection of the Brussels International Film Festival.
The screening on 22 January will be followed by a Q&A with the film director, moderated by Sophie Soukias. The film will be shown as well on 26 January at 2:00 pm with an introduction by the director. Halaqat (2024-2027) is funded by the European Union (DG Near) and starts on 1 September 2024 for a total duration of 32 months, until Spring 2027, in five countries: Belgium, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.
We open the series on 22 January with D’Abdul à Leila by Leila Albayati (2024).
The documentary is the odyssey of a woman who sings her story in order to reinvent herself, driven by an irrepressible desire to live. After suffering amnesia following an accident, Leila, a young French artist of Iraqi origin, reunites with her family and delves into her roots to reconstruct her past. She learns Arabic, interprets the poems of her exiled Iraqi father and immerses herself in the history of the Gulf War.
Leila Albayati is a multi-disciplinary artist of Iraqi origin and French nationality, working in various countries. She directed the short film VU (2009), which received a special mention at the 2009 Berlin Festival. BERLIN TELEGRAM was selected for some thirty international festivals and won the TV5 prize for best French-language film in Geneva. FACE B, a 40-minute docu-drama, had its world premiere at the 2015 Berlinale. D’Abdul à Leila was part of the official selection of the Brussels International Film Festival.
The screening on 22 January will be followed by a Q&A with the film director, moderated by Sophie Soukias. The film will be shown as well on 26 January at 2:00 pm with an introduction by the director. Halaqat (2024-2027) is funded by the European Union (DG Near) and starts on 1 September 2024 for a total duration of 32 months, until Spring 2027, in five countries: Belgium, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.