The Tower

PG-7 / 1 h 20 min / 2018 / Animation / France, Sweden, Norway Language: English Beirut, Lebanon. Today. Wardi, an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl, lives with her whole family in the refugee camp where she was born. Her beloved great-grandfather Sidi was one of the first people to settle in the camp after being chased from his home back in 1948. The day Sidi gives her the key to his old house back in Galilee, she fears he may have lost hope of someday going home. As she searches for Sidi’s lost hope around the camp, she will collect her family’s testimonies, from one generation to the next. The film is based on interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Directed by Mats Grorud Screenwriters: Mats Grorud, Trygve Allister Diesen, Ståle Stein Berg Producers: Frode Søbstad, Patrice Nezan, Laurent Versini, Annika Hellström Company: Tenk.tv, Cinenic Film, Les Contes Modernes <B>Meet the director Mats Grorud after the screening on Saturday</b>