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Film: Aida Returns
November 09, 20256:30 p.m.
CORDOBA
School of Philosophy and Letters, University of Cordoba (entrance on Almanzor Street).
6:30 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish. Colloquium in Spanish.
The University of Cordoba School of Philosophy and Letters will be hosting a new screening in the Palestinian Film Festival on Sunday, November 9. The film is a moving autobiographical story by Carol Mansour produced in 2023. After the screening, there will be a discussion moderated by CineCercano and Colectivo Azabache.
Aida Returns (Carol Mansour, 2023. 77 minutes)
This feature film by Carol Mansour is a moving story, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, at other times humorous, and often absurd, about a multifaceted journey. On the one hand there is a journey of loss, as the director’s mother, Aida, struggles with losing herself to Alzheimer’s disease, but then finding solace from her deathbed in Beirut during her repeated
“returns” to the Jaffa and Palestine of her youth. On the other hand, it is a journey about losing one’s mother, as well as a final return trip to Jaffa, where Aida will finally find respite and become herself once again.
After the screening, there will be a film colloquium moderated by representatives of the CineCercano and Colectivo Azabache associations.
The screening has been organized with the cooperation of the CineCercano Association.
This feature film by Carol Mansour is a moving story, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, at other times humorous, and often absurd, about a multifaceted journey. On the one hand there is a journey of loss, as the director’s mother, Aida, struggles with losing herself to Alzheimer’s disease, but then finding solace from her deathbed in Beirut during her repeated
“returns” to the Jaffa and Palestine of her youth. On the other hand, it is a journey about losing one’s mother, as well as a final return trip to Jaffa, where Aida will finally find respite and become herself once again.
After the screening, there will be a film colloquium moderated by representatives of the CineCercano and Colectivo Azabache associations.
The screening has been organized with the cooperation of the CineCercano Association.
Film poster