EVERYDAY IS A HOLIDAY

On Lebanon’s Independence Day three women who do not know one another board the same bus heading towards a prison in the country’s arid hinterland. Each has a different reason for making the journey: one wants her imprisoned husband to sign their divorce papers another hopes to visit the young man she married on the day he was arrested and the third must deliver a forgotten service weapon to her husband who works as a prison guard. When an unexpected incident forces them to continue their journey on foot the women find themselves in an unsettling landscape marked by mines danger and uncertainty. Their journey becomes an unexpected confrontation with their own fears and their desire for independence.

Original title Chaque jour est une fête
Arabic title كل يوم عيد
Directed by Dima El-Horr
Written by Dima El-Horr Rabih Mroué
Featuring Hiam Abbass Manal Khader Raïa Haïdar Fadi Abi Samra Berge Fazelian Karim Saleh Nabil Abou Mrad Sirvat Fazelian
Cinematography Dominique Gentil
Editing Jacques Comets
Music Pierre Aviat
Sound Jean-Guy Véran Thomas Robert Emmanuel Zouki
Production Companies Ciné-Sud Promotion Orjouane Productions Nikovantastic Film
Toronto International Film Festival — TIFF
2009 | Discovery — World Premiere
Rome International Film Festival
2009 | Official Competition
Dubai International Film Festival
2009 | Muhr Arab Feature Competition
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival — PÖFF
2009 | Official Selection
International Film Festival Rotterdam — IFFR
2010 | Bright Future
Seattle International Film Festival
2010 | Official Selection
New Directors/New Films — MoMA / Film at Lincoln Center
2010 | Official Selection
Alexandria International Film Festival
2010 | Official Selection
São Paulo International Film Festival — Mostra
2010 | Official Selection
Febiofest — Prague
2011 | Official Selection

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