Bye Bye Tiberias now on NPO DOC

In 2024 a convincing majority chose Bye Bye Tiberias, in which filmmaker Lina Soualem travels back in time and place to capture the stories passed on by four generations of daring Palestinian women in her family, as the winner of the AFFR Audience Award. Those who missed the film at the time now have a second chance: the documentary will be shown on NPO DOC until 28 December (only available for streaming in the Netherlands).

In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters.Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile and the way the women in their family influenced both their lives. Set betweenpast and present, Bye Bye Tiberias pieces together images of today, family footage from the nineties and historical archives to portray four generations of daring Palestinian women who keep their story and legacy alive through the strength of their bonds, despite exile, dispossession, and heartbreak.