Lina Soualem
Filmmaker and actress – France, Palestine, Algeria
Concorso Cineasti del Presente Jury
Filmmaker and actress – France, Palestine, Algeria
Concorso Cineasti del Presente Jury
Lina Soualem is a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress based in Paris. Her award-winning debut documentary Their Algeria (2020) premiered at Visions du Réel and her second Bye Bye Tiberias (2023) at the Venice International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, and was nominated to represent Palestine at the Academy Awards 2024.