The time that remains, chronicle of a present absentee
Directed by Elia Suleiman
Louverture Films is an Associate Producer
festivals & AWARDS
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2010 - Nominee DFCC Best Director
MEIFF 2009 Black Pearl Award for Best Middle Eastern Narrative Film
Variety's Middle East Filmmaker of the Year Award 2009
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2009 - Winner Jury Grand Prize, Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award Best Film
Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur 2010 - Winner Audience Award, Winner Silver Alhambra Best Director, Nominee Golden Alhambra
Festival of Solidarity for Palestinian People 2010
B-Est International Film Festival 2010
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2010
Tübingen Arabisches Filmfestival 2010
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010
Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival 2010
Mar del Plata Film Festival 2009 - Winner ACCA Jury Prize, Winner Best Director, Nominee Best Film
Panorama of European Film 2009
Stockholm International Film Festival 2009
Mar del Plata Film Festival 2009
São Paulo International Film Festival 2009
Tokyo International Film Festival 2009 - Nominee Asian Film Award
Warsaw Film Festival 2009
Pusan International Film Festival 2009
Vancouver International Film Festival 2009
BFI London Film Festival 2009
Bangkok International Film Festival 2009
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2009
Athens Film Festival 2009
Toronto International Film Festival 2009
La Rochelle Film Festival 2009
Cannes Film Festival 2009 - Nominee Palme d’Or
A semi-autobiographical film, in four episodes, about the filmmaker's family, from 1948 until recent times. Inspired by the private diaries of his father and by his mother's letters to family members who were forced to leave Palestine, the filmmaker brilliantly combines intimate memories with a portrayal of daily life among those Palestinians who remained and were labelled Israeli-Arabs.