Feature Film: Thank you for banking with us
Directed by Laila Abbas
2024 | 90 min | Arabic | English subtitles
Palestinian-German-Saudi-Qatari-Egyptian production
After finding out that their father left a huge sum of money behind after his death, Mariam and Noura come up with an elaborate scheme to abscond with the money before their brother — who is legally entitled to half the inheritance — finds out about their father’s death.
Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker, producer and academic who in 2013 made a splash with her doc ICE & DUST about a young Palestinian woman who crosses the Atlantic ocean to search for a better life in Canada. In 2019, she was selected for Berlin Film Festival's Berlinale Talents program to nurture emerging filmmakers. She is currently in post-production for her highly-anticipated debut feature THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US.
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The Palestinale (Palestinian Film Days Munich) is an initiative of activists and filmmakers from and in solidarity with Palestine.Our project was created to bring attention to the struggle of the Palestinian people, a struggle that has been ongoing for 77 years.We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination, liberation, and the full realization of human rights. Through cinema, we aim to create a necessary space for Palestinian voices to be heard in the cinemas of Munich.Our objective is to showcase films that narrate and document resistance, identity, and hope, while also confronting the realities of displacement, occupation and genocide experienced by the Palestinian people.
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