The Tower
Tårnet
2018 • Films • Drama/Animation/ • 1 h 14 mins
Based on true stories retold by Palestinian refugees, this animation focuses on 11 year-old Wardi’s life in a Lebanese camp. One day, her beloved great-grandfather entrusts her with his most prized possession – the key to their ancestral house in Galilea.
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The Tower
Tårnet
2018 • Films • Drama/Animation/1 h 14 mins
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Details
Based on true stories retold by Palestinian refugees, this animation focuses on 11 year-old Wardi’s life in a Lebanese camp. One day, her beloved great-grandfather entrusts her with his most prized possession – the key to their ancestral house in Galilea.
Director
Mats Grorud
Country
France
Norway
Sweden
Language
English
French
Arabic
Details
Based on true stories retold by Palestinian refugees, this animation focuses on 11 year-old Wardi’s life in a Lebanese camp. One day, her beloved great-grandfather entrusts her with his most prized possession – the key to their ancestral house in Galilea.
Director
Mats Grorud
Country
France
Norway
Sweden
Language
English
French
Arabic
Accolades
Best Animated Film Nominee
Lumiere Awards, France, 2020
Busan IFF, 2018
Best Animated Film Nominee
Lumiere Awards, France, 2020
Busan IFF, 2018
Best Animated Film Nominee
Lumiere Awards, France, 2020
Busan IFF, 2018
Trivia
Based on interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Critics
“
...'"...tenderly and intelligently recounts the story of a family living at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon."'
Cineuropa
Meet the Cast
Romina Adl Kasravi
Michalis Koutsogiannakis
Aïssa Maïga
Meet the Cast
Romina Adl Kasravi
Michalis Koutsogiannakis
Aïssa Maïga
Directors
Mats Grorud
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