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
Article from Al-Hayat newspaper (26 March 2004)
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 4 th Youth Media Festival Berlin 2005 |
