A meditation on love and longing - the love of family and longing for home, contemplated through overcoming the trauma of losing the family home and forced migration, transforming the regrets of a lifetime into a journey of healing, creative catharsis and witnessing.

About the Filmmaker:

A Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian, Annie Sakkab is an independent filmmaker and photojournalist. She seeks long-form narrative with a focus on women's issues, identity, and social justice. Her first short documentary ‘Hollie's Dress’ had its World Premiere at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2020 and was created in collaboration with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Her second short experimental documentary, 'The Poem We Sang' examines Intergenerational trauma and post-memory in the context of Palestine.