...And I Was Left Behind (... راحوا و خلوني)
Qumra Projects
Maysaa Almumin / Unknown / Qatar, Kuwait / 2021
In Arabic / English subtitles
Genres: Documentary
Rated: This film has not been rated.
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Synopsis
At a time when we are separated by COVID-19 travel restrictions, a memory of my grandmother's words becomes redefined. She spoke of travel as loss and longing for loved ones, and now I am far away from family and unable to travel to see them, her words start to have direct meaning on my feeling of isolation.
Reenacting my childhood moments, when I sat in her room as she made dresses on her sewing machine, I become both my grandmother and my child self. I think back to old songs that speak of my displacement, and I dream of moments when I can travel to the ones I love.
About the Director
Maysaa Almumin was born in Kuwait, lived in the UK, and currently resides in Qatar. She is the writer, director, and producer of several short films, including ‘...And I Am Left Behind’, which was made in participation with Rithy Panh’s Doha Film Institute Documentary Lab in 2021, and ‘J’ai le Cafard’ (Bint Werdan), which was awarded production grants from the Arab Fund for Art and Culture and the Doha Film Institute, premiering at the 2020 Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden. Maysaa is also an actor and has performed in numerous short films made by up-and-coming Arab directors, including the award-winning ‘Sh’hab’ and ‘Black Veil’. Maysaa is currently developing her first feature film, ‘Good Grief’, which follows the story of a middle-aged unmarried Arab woman, attempting to exist on the margins of a conservative Arab society.
Credits
- Director
- Maysaa Almumin