TALES OF THE WOUNDED LAND ABBAS FAHDEL

  • LEBANON

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  • ARABIC

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  • 2025

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  • 120 mins

As war engulfs South Lebanon, a family flees their home while bombs reduce their town to ruins. Returning to devastation, they find only fragments of what once was, yet among the wreckage, the community clings to a fragile hope that peace and renewal will come.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Nour Ballouk

Screenplay :

Abbas Fahdel

Director of Photography :

Abbas Fahdel

Editor :

Abbas Fahdel

Sound :

Abbas Fahdel

Cast :

Camellia Ibrahim

Awards - Winner :

Locarno FF (Pardo for Best Direction)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Locarno FF (Best Film), Valladolid IFF (Best Documentary), Carthage FF (Feature Documentary Competition), FilmMaker Fest Milano (International Competition), Athens Avant-Garde FF (Best Film)

Abbas Fahdel (b.1959), born in Babylon, Iraq, is a Franco-Iraqi filmmaker and writer with a PhD in cinema from the Sorbonne. After studying in France, he returned to Iraq to document his homeland, directing BACK TO BABYLON (2002) and WE IRAQIS (2004), filmed amid war and its aftermath. His work blends fiction and documentary, including DAWN OF THE WORLD (2004) and the landmark HOMELAND: IRAQ YEAR ZERO (2015). Based in Lebanon, he has directed YARA (2018), BITTER BREAD (2019), TALES OF THE PURPLE HOUSE (2022). TALES OF THE WOUNDED LAND is his recent documentary.