Films in shooting or post-production
ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU
Synopsis
In the moments before a Palestinian teen is confronted by Israeli soldiers at a protest in the West Bank, his mother recounts the series of events that led him to this fateful moment, starting with his grandfather's displacement from Jaffa in 1948. All That’s Left of You is an epic historical drama that chronicles the story of one family over three generations and that examines the passing of trauma down the line.
Christopher Aoun
Tina Baz
Amine Bouhafa
Saleh Bakri, Cherien Dabis, Adam Bakri
Pallas Film / Twenty Twenty Vision (Germany)
Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel
Partners attached
Doha Film Fund, Eurimages, Filmclinic, MDM, Medienboard, OSN, Red Sea Fund, ZDF/Arte, Nooraluna Productions, SEKIN, CIPA, RFC
Director’s statement
All That’s Left of You isn’t political in its approach. It’s deeply personal, emotional, and profoundly intimate; a historical epic that chronicles the story of the land through the eyes of one family and three generations of struggle. A family portrait, examining the relationship between grandfather, father, and son, and the legacy of trauma passed down to each of them. It’s a drama with piercing moments of joy, love, and humor that keep it from becoming too hard to watch. Most importantly, it’s an opportunity to spark change by starting a conversation around the need for recognition of our suffering, because that’s where healing begins. It may seem like a lofty goal, but I truly believe in the power of cinema.
Biographies
Cherien Dabis is a critically acclaimed, award-winning Palestinian-American film and television director, writer, producer, and actor whose trailblazing work helped forge a new genre of Arab-American storytelling. Dabis got her start with her debut feature film Amreeka (2009), which she wrote and directed. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win the Fipresci Prize in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, along with a dozen more international awards. Her second feature film, which she also wrote, directed and performed in, May in the Summer, opened Sundance in 2013.
Together with his late fellow producer Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Karathanos formed Pallas Film in Halle, Germany, in 2003 with the intention of producing films of high artistry for markets that will celebrate festival and cinema success worldwide. Among them are works by well-known directors including Bohdan Slama’s Something Like Happiness (2005); Sam Garbarski’s Irina Palm (2007); Olivier Assayas’ Clouds of Sils Maria (2014); Rafi Pitts’ The Hunter (2010) and Soy Nero (2016); Bruno Dumont’s Slack Bay (2016); Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Tulpan (2008) and Ayka (2018); Elia Suleiman’s It Must Be Heaven (2019); and Maha Haj’s Mediterranean Fever (2022).
