Memory Box
- Logline
- On Christmas day in Montreal, Maia and her daughter Alex receive a box full of notebooks, tapes and photos she had sent to her best friend from Beirut back in the 80s. Between fantasy and reality, Alex secretly discovers her mother’s tumultuous, passionate and mysterious past.
- Talent
- Christian Eid
- Role of participant
- Producer
- Director
- Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2021
- Running time
- 102 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Countries of Production
- Lebanon , France , Canada
- Production Companies
- Abbout Productions, Haut et Court, Micro_scope
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Festivals and Awards
World Premiere in competition at Berlinale 2021, Germany
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck 2021, France
Winner of the Best Film award at the Cairo International Film Festival 2021, Egypt
Winner of the Best Film and Audience Award at Mizna Arab Film Festival 2022 - Minneapolis, USA
Winner of the Best Film at the Lebanese Movie Awards 2023, Lebanon
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck 2021, France
Winner of the Best Film award at the Cairo International Film Festival 2021, Egypt
Winner of the Best Film and Audience Award at Mizna Arab Film Festival 2022 - Minneapolis, USA
Winner of the Best Film at the Lebanese Movie Awards 2023, Lebanon