ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin
Laila Abbas “Thank You For Banking With Us”
Fiction, Palestine/Saudi Arabia/Germany/Egypt/Qatar, 2024, 90 mins.
Part of “ALFILM 2026”
- Film
Arabic /
With English subtitles /
In the immediate aftermath of their father’s sudden passing, sisters Mariam and Nora must devise an elaborate scheme to get their hands on the money he left behind before their brother can stake his legal claim to it. The ensuing events,equal parts humorous and heartbreaking, foreground the severe gender inequality inscribed in inheritance law, and in Palestinian society at large.
“Thank You For Banking With Us” is Laila Abbas’ debut feature. It premiered in competition at the 2024 London Film Festival and subsequently won the Best Director award at El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
Dates
Current
Credits
The 17th edition of ALFILM is funded by the Haupstadtkulturfonds and the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung with financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Council of the Arab Ambassadors in association with the Mission of the Arab League, and the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient. In cooperation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Location
HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available.
