Who Do I Belong To
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Aicha lives in the isolated north of Tunisia with her husband and youngest son. The family lives in anguish after the departure of the eldest sons Mehdi and Amine to the violent embrace of war. When Mehdi unexpectedly returns home with a mysterious pregnant wife, a darkness emerges, threatening to consume the entire village. Aicha is caught between her maternal love and her search for the truth.
Screenings
Cinemex Stadium | Sala 4
Cinemex Luciérnaga | Sala 7
Cast and crew
Director's bio:
Meryam Joobeur is an Academy Award nominated writer, director and producer based in Montréal. Her short films Gods, Weeds and Revolutions (2013) and Born in the Maelstrom (2017) were screened in dozens of national and international festivals. Her short Brotherhood (2018), a co-production between Canada and Tunisia, won over 75 international prizes, was screened in 150+ festivals and was nominated for an Oscar for “Best Live Action short” (a first for a Tunisian film). Her first feature Who do I belong to(2024) premieres in official selection at the 74th edition of the Berlin Film Festival.
She is an alumni of TIFF talent lab, Rawi Screenwriters lab, Berlinale Talent Lab and the Sundance Screenwriters lab
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