LAFF Complete Program

1 OCT 
TUE – 8:30pm

Everybody Loves Touda, by Nabil Ayouch, with Nisrin Erradi, Joud Chamihy
2024, Drama, Morocco, France 102 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 102 min.
M/12

Touda dreams of becoming a Sheikha, a traditional Moroccan artist who sings without shame or censorship texts of resistance, love, and emancipation, passed down through generations. Performing every night in the bars of her small provincial town under the gaze of men, Touda holds onto the hope of a better future for herself and her son. Mistreated and humiliated, she decides to leave everything behind for the bright lights of Casablanca.

World Premiere and Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2024

2 OCT
WED – 7:00pm

Six Feet Over (Six pieds sur Terre), by Karim Bensalah, with Hamza Meziani, Kader Affak, Souad Arsane
2023, Drama, France, 93 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 96 min.
M/12

Sofiane, the son of a former Algerian diplomat, has travelled extensively. Having moved to Lyon to study, he falls victim to an administrative decision and lives under the threat of deportation. In hopes of regularizing his situation, he accepts a job at a Muslim funeral home. Between parties, encounters, and his work, Sofiane embarks on a journey of self-discovery that will lead him to build his own identity and gradually approach adulthood.

Festival selection | Cinemed 2023

9:30pm

Abou Leila, by Amin Sidi-Boumédiène, with Slimane Benouari, Lyes Salem
2019, Thriller, Algeria, France, Qatar 135 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 135 min.
M/16

Algeria, 1994. Terrorist attacks have ravaged the north of the country for the past two years. S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends, cross the desert in search of Abou Leila, a dangerous terrorist. The pursuit seems absurd since the Sahara has not yet been affected by the wave of attacks. But S., whose mental health is faltering, is convinced that he will find Abou Leila there. Lotfi, on the other hand, has only one idea: to keep S. away from the capital. However, by sinking into the desert, they will face their own violence.

Sélection compétition officielle Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2019
Prize | Gérard Frot-Coutaz 2020
Best European Feature Film Award | Silver Méliès Award 2019
Best actor award | Festival do Filme de Cartage 2019
Best film award | Sevilla European Film Festival 2019
Critics' Prize  | D’A Film Festival Barcelona 2020

3 OCT
THU - 6:45pm

Night Courier (Mandoob), by Ali Kalthami, with Mohamad Aldokhei, Sarah Taibah, Hajar Alshammari
2023, Drama-Comedy, Saudi Arabia, 110 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 110 min.
M/12

In the heart of Riyadh, where despair and opportunity collide, MANDOOB presents the gripping story of Fahad Algadaani, a mentally fragile man racing against time to save his ailing father. As his world crumbles under the weight of financial burdens and societal indifference, Fahad's life takes an unexpected turn when he is forced to make ends meet as a humble mandoob (courier in Arabic).

Official selection | International film festival: 
Toronto International Film Festival 2023
Torino Film Festival 2023
Zurich Film Festival 2023
Red Sea International Film Festival 2024 (Saudi Arabia)
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2024 (California)

9:30pm

Hounds (Les Meutes), by Kamal Lazraq, with Ayoub Elaid, Abdellatif Masstouri 
2023, Crime/Drama, Marocco, France, Belgium, 94 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 94 min.
M/14

In the working-class suburbs of Casablanca, Hassan and Issam, father and son, try to survive day by day, engaging in small-scale trafficking for the local underworld. One night, a man they were supposed to kidnap dies accidentally in their car. Hassan and Issam find themselves with a body they need to make disappear. Thus begins a long night through the city's most impoverished neighbourhoods.

Best actor | Dublin International Film Festival 2024
Prémio Prix du Jury Un Certain Regard | Cannes International Film Festival 2023
Special mention | PYIFF (China)

4 OCT
FRI - 7:00pm

As I Open My Eyes (A peine j’ouvre les yeux), by Leila Bouzid, from Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari
2015, Drama/Musical, Tunisia, France, Belgium, 102 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditoirum
Duration: 102 min.
M/12

Tunis, summer of 2010, a few months before the Revolution, Farah, 18, graduates high school and her family already envisions her as a doctor... but she doesn’t see things the same way. She sings in a committed rock band. She vibrates, gets drunk, discovers love and her nightlife city against the will of Hayet, her mother, who knows Tunisia and its prohibitions.

Lux Film Award | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016
Grand Prize | Tübingen-Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival 2015
Grand Prix | Dubai International Film Festival 2015
Golden "Bayard" para o Melhor primeiro filme | FIFF 2015 (Bélgica)

21:30pm

Bye bye Tiberias, by Lina Soualem, with Hiam Abbas, Lina Soualem
2023, documentary, Palestine, France, Belgium, 82 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 82 min.
M/12

In her twenties, Hiam Abbass left her Palestinian hometown to pursue her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her daughter Lina, a filmmaker, returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile, and how the women in her family impacted their lives. A true weaving of present-day images and family and historical archives, Bye Bye Tiberias is a journey through four generations of daring Palestinian women who preserve their intimate and collective memory through the strength of their bonds, despite exile, dispossession, and heartbreak.

Award for Best Documentary | DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2024
Grierson Award | BFI London Film Festival 2023
Best Documentary, Human Rights | Dublin International Film Festival 2024

5 OCT
SAT - 3:30pm

Costa Brava, Lebanon, by Mounia Akl, with Nadine Labaki, Saleh Bakri, Nadia Charbel
2021, Drama, Lebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, 107 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 107 min.
M/12

Lebanon, in the near future. Soraya (Nadine Labaki) and Walid (Saleh Bakri) have built an idyllic life in the mountains, far from the chaos and pollution of Beirut. The family’s peaceful life is brutally challenged by the installation of a supposedly ecological landfill. Despite the rampant corruption that makes their struggle desperate, the Badri family remains steadfast.

Grand Prix do Júri | Seville European Film Festival 2021
Prémio NETPAC | TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) 2021
Prémio do Público | BFI London Film Festival 2021

6:30pm

Wajib, by Annemarie Jacir, with Saleh Bakri, Mohamad Bakri
2017, Drama/Comedy, Palestine, France 96 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 96 min.
M/12

Abu Shadi, 65 years old, divorced, a teacher in Nazareth, is preparing for his daughter’s wedding. In a month, he will be living alone. Shadi, his son, an architect in Rome for years, returns for a few days to help him distribute wedding invitations by hand, as is the Palestinian custom of Wajib. While visiting friends and relatives, the sometimes comic tensions between father and son come to the surface, testing their divergent views on life.

Lux Film Prize | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016
Grand Prix | Dubai International Film Festival 2015
Grand Prize | Tübingen-Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival 2015
Audience Award BNL/Europa Cinema | Giornate degli Autori, Venice 2015
Golden "Bayard" for Best First Film | FIFF 2015

5 OCT
SAT - 9:00pm

Inshallah a Boy  (Inshallah Walad), by Amjad Al Rasheed, with Mouna Hawa, Seleena Rababah, Haitham Omari
2023, Drama, Jordania, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France, 113 min, Subtitles in PT/EN

Small Auditorium
Duration: 113 min
M/12

Jordan, present day. After the death of her husband, Nawal, in her thirties, must fight for what she considers to be her only daughter’s legacy, in a part of the world where having a son changes everything.

Critics' Choice Award | International Fribourg film Festival 2024
Fondation GAN à la diffusion Award | Semaine de la Critique - Cannes