Lemonade

Lemonade. Lebanon, 2004

A Palestinian family settles in a new exile in Lebanon after fleeing Kuwait during the Gulf War.

The children raised with the epic tales of thier grandfather’s heroism in the defense of Palestine,
finally meet him but only for one day, before he dies.

The young brothers try to transcend their predicament as refugees by spending their holidays productiviely, inspired by the girl that created beautiful ritual out
of the grandfather of her grandmother.

* Inspired by a true story

Directed by : Hicham Kayed
Scenario by : Bilal Abu el-Haijah, Ezziddien Abu el-Haijah & Lutfi Abu el-Haijah
Idea : Nadeen al-Jamal, Niveen al-Jamal, Saa’d Shedhadeh, Wasim Shehadeh, Soheir Aidi
& Noura Abdallah
Cameraman & Editing: Hicham Kayed
Technical Supervision: Pual Matar
Production: AL-JANA/ ARCPA

The film is a product of the project : Palestinian Refugee Children in Lebanon Record their Lives & Express their Hopes.
Project Coordinator : Moa’taz Dajani

• Golden Prize: Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2004
• Golden Prize: Ministry of Culture’s Award ( Cairo ) 2004
• Silver Cairo : Long and Short Feature Film Jury – Cairo International Film Festival for
  Children 2004
• Producers Award, The 4th Youth Media Festival Berlin 2005