WHAT WOULD THE OLIVE TREES DREAM OF DEAR LAYALE

DIRECTOR

Cindy Chehab

COUNTRY

Lebanon

FORM

Documentary

LANGUAGE

Arabic

DURATION

14"

SYNOPSIS

Two friends exchange postcards, bound together by grief over an olive tree burned in the latest Israeli aggression. Weaving their words with postcards from strangers found at the flea market, the olive tree becomes a symbol of belonging – one carried by many diasporic people who share the same grief, born of violence and displacement.

WHAT WOULD THE OLIVE TREES DREAM OF DEAR LAYALE

DIRECTOR

Cindy Chehab

COUNTRY

Lebanon

FORM

Documentary

LANGUAGE

Arabic

DURATION

14"

SYNOPSIS

Two friends exchange postcards, bound together by grief over an olive tree burned in the latest Israeli aggression. Weaving their words with postcards from strangers found at the flea market, the olive tree becomes a symbol of belonging – one carried by many diasporic people who share the same grief, born of violence and displacement.

WHAT WOULD THE OLIVE TREES DREAM OF DEAR LAYALE

DIRECTOR

Cindy Chehab

COUNTRY

Lebanon

FORM

Documentary

LANGUAGE

Arabic

DURATION

14"

SYNOPSIS

Two friends exchange postcards, bound together by grief over an olive tree burned in the latest Israeli aggression. Weaving their words with postcards from strangers found at the flea market, the olive tree becomes a symbol of belonging – one carried by many diasporic people who share the same grief, born of violence and displacement.

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