Everything That Has a Future
Spring Grant 2015 - Development Stage
Laila Hotait Salas / Feature Narrative / Lebanon, Spain, Qatar / 90 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
Cairo, June 2015, 6:00 AM. An explosion shatters a window, knocking Lola, a 40-year old-Egyptian journalist, unconscious. During the subsequent days she spends in hospital, Lola must leave her 12-year-old daughter Natalie with her grandmother, Dalal, with whom Lola does not have a very good relationship. Dalal, a photographer, lives with past trauma and a great sense of guilt. The explosion acts as a big bang in these women’s lives as it exposes what Dalal’s ex-husband has hidden for 40 years: that he was responsible for the murder of Dalal’s secret lover – Lola’s biological father. This discovery allows Dalal to forgive herself and reconnect with her suppressed memories of Lebanon in the 1970s, as well as with her daughter.
Credits
- Director
- Laila Hotait Salas
- Screenwriter
- Laila Hotait Salas
- Producer
- Nadia Hotait
- Production Company
- Laaventura
About the Director
Laila Hotait Salas, Ph.D, is a Lebanese-Spanish filmmaker and artist. Her first documentary film, ‘Crayons of Askalan’ (2011) has been presented in more than 20 film festivals, including Hot Docs, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, CPH:DOX and DocsDF. Her sound art works have been presented at international venues such as the Centre Pompidou, the Kunst-im-Tunnel Museum Düsseldorf and several art galleries. Hotait was selected by the CPH:LAB as an international emerging film talent in 2011, and co-directed the film ‘From a Distance’ with Rania M. Tawfik the same year. Her work has received support from institutions including the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, the Sundance Documentary Fund Programme, Screen Institute Beirut and the Doha Film Institute.
Contacts
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Director
Laila Hotait Salas
- Company:
- Laaventura
- Phone:
- +521 442 464 2065
- Email:
- laila.hotait@gmail.com
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Main Contact
Nadia Hotait Salas
- Company:
- Laaventura
- Email:
- nadiahotait@gmail.com
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Main Contact
Nadia Hotait
- Company:
- Laaventura
- Email:
- nadiahotait@gmail.com