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A woman takes a journey back to Palestine. She meets Hasan, her imaginary lover, and through his fantasy world finds the remnants of hope in characters living a harsh reality.
‘My Love Awaits Me by the Sea’ is a poetic documentary that narrates the story of its director, Mais Darwazah, who takes a first-time journey to her homeland of Palestine. She leaves a secluded reality and follows a lover she has never met; Hasan, a Palestinian artist, who unveils a beautiful and utopian world to her. Fairytale and reality are woven together to question the elusiveness of place and the need to believe in dreams.

Credits

Director
Mais Darwazah
Screenwriter
Mais Darwazah
Producer
Rula Nasser

About the Director

Mais Darwazah
Mais Darwazah began her film career making short experimental films. She received a British Council scholarship and completed an MA in documentary directing. Her graduation film, ‘Take Me Home’ (2008), screened in numerous international festivals. ‘My Love Awaits Me by the Sea’ is Darwazah’s first feature-length documentary: it participated at the Berlinale’s DocStation in 2009 and was awarded gra
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