Aida Returns – Benefit Film Screening

PRESENTED BY CinPAL Switzerland in Collaboration With Forward Film Production

AIDA RETURNS (2023) — Benefit Film Screening

This Benefit Film Screening brings people together through cinema.
All proceeds support Cultural and Humanitarian Projects in Palestine (details below).

The evening opens with coffee and a short introduction, followed by the screening, a Q&A With Director Carol Mansour, and a Reception & Apéro at the Filmpodium Bar and Foyer.

ABOUT THE FILM - www.aidareturns.com

Aida Returns is a deeply moving documentary that follows director Carol Mansour as she accompanies her mother Aida through Alzheimer’s disease, the pain of losing a parent, and an extraordinary final journey back to Yafa, the city where Aida was born and raised. Determined to offer her mother Peace and Dignity, Mansour engineers a return that should have been simple, yet becomes profoundly complex — made possible only through the unexpected Solidarity of Friends and Strangers.

At its heart, Aida Returns is a tribute to a Family’s Lost Past and an intimate attempt to restore fragments of Individual and Collective Memory. The film stands as a poetic affirmation of Palestinians forced into Exile and denied the Right to Return to their hometowns — even after death.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Carol Mansour is an Independent Documentary Filmmaker with over 25 years of experience. Her films have screened at more than fifty International Festivals and Official Selections worldwide. Her work reflects a strong commitment to Human Rights and Social Justice. She is Lebanese of Palestinian origin and lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon.

About the NOIVA Project - https://www.noiva.ch

FundS will be donated to NOIVA to support their new women's health project for mobile clinic project delivering life-saving gynecological and sexual and reproductive health services to women and girls in underserved, crisis-affected communities in Gaza through regular, needs-based outreach led by a qualified medical team.

About CinPal - https://cinpal.org

CinPal empowers Palestinian arts and culture through cultural initiatives, productions, exchanges, and educational materials to help fostering dialogue, awareness, and international understanding of the Palestinian cause.

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