Teta, Alf Marra (Grandma a Thousand Times)
By: Mahmoud Kaabour
(UAE/Qatar/Lebanon, 2010, 48 min)
Screens: Saturday, November 12th, 12:00 pm
Synopsis:
This poetic tribute commemorates the many worlds of Teta Fatima, a feisty grandmother living in Beirut. With great intimacy, the film documents the larger-than-life character as she struggles to cope with the silence of her once-buzzing house. The face of their filmmaker grandson remind her of her late husband, a renowned violinist, while his previously unpublished violin improvisations weave through her world and throughout of the film. Grandfather, grandmother, and grandson are brought together in an intergenerational, magic-realist documentary.
Director's Bio:
Mahmoud Kaabour is an award-winning filmmaker and writer from Beirut, Lebanon. Upon graduating from the Mel Oppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, he went on to the National Film Board of Canada, and the Evening News at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. His first documentary Being Osama screened at Mizna’s third TCAFF in 2005 and received four international awards.
