WHAT ELSE GROWS ON THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ?

By Dhiaa BIYA

MALFAMÉ - as PROD

Family - Completed 2023


Festivals
& Awards

ANDARAS - Traveling Film Festival 2024
Official selection
Kurzfilm Hamburg Festival 2024
Official Selection
Afrika Leuven Film Festival 2024
Official selection
art + film + Vienna 2024
Official selection
AVIFF 2024
Official selection
Toronto Arab Film Festival 2024
Official selection
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Family, First film, Documentary
    • Countries
    • MOROCCO, BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 16 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Dhiaa BIYA
    • Producer(s)
    • Walid BEKHTI (Malfamé)
    • Synopsis
    • The routines of two women fuse together as their similar gestures get repeated over time. Their hands intersect through their shared memory one movement at a time. The daily routine of Hayat in her absolute loneliness builds as she tries to recollect memories of her grandmother. We observe both their lives separately, the gestures of both women seem to be in an ongoing, subtle dialogue. The rhythm of the events slowly forms itself as their days go by. Eventually, the bond between them unravels the motherly love that unites them.