Palestinian film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! successfully screens across the Arab World.

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Palestinian film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! successfully screens across the Arab World.

Laila Abbas’ THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is screening across the Arab World, simultaneously at the Beirut International Women’s Film Festival, Egypt’s art house cinema Zawya, and the UAE’s Hayy and Akil cinemas.
 
Initially screening on April 16th as part of Zawya’s eighth edition of Cairo Cinema Days, the film has been extended for another week, due to popular demand, running from April 23rd to 29th. 
 
This witty Palestinian flick explores the intricacies of sisterhood and family, while tackling societal expectations around remittance laws. Upon discovering that their father left behind a substantial sum of money, two sisters devise an elaborate scheme to abscond with the funds before their brother— who is legally entitled to half the inheritance— does. 
 
Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker, producer, and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and then film and TV production at the Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship. In 2013, she made a splash with her documentary ICE & DUST, which followed a young Palestinian woman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean to search for a better life in Canada. She also worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University.
 
With MAD World handling the film's worldwide sales and distribution rights, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a joint production between Germany and Palestine that is written and directed by Laila Abbas. It stars Yasmine Al Masry, Clara Khoury.