Bitter Greens, Tangled Roots

A telephone conversation between an expatriate brother and sister tackles the bitterness involved in being uprooted from the olive trees that stood as witness to their family’s inherited memories, in a country that has never known peace.

Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor & Producer Abdallah Dannaoui
Main Cast Reine and Abdallah Dannaoui
Color & 1st AD Liam Robert Docherty
Sound Record Emil T.Griffiths
Production Assistant Natally Baloghova
VHS Mohammed Salem Dannaoui
Sound Rod Munday
Production Company Yellow Lenses Productions

Minutes

2024

Release

Production

United Kingdom
Morocco
Lebanon

Bio – Filmography

Born on the 2nd of October 1995, and hailing from Tripoli, Lebanon, Abdallah Dannaoui began his cinematic journey in Lebanon and the United Kingdom where he honed his skills and nurtured his passion for filmmaking. His latest documentary short, Bitter Greens, Tangled Roots (2024), was shortlisted and a semi-finalist at Rhode Island’s International Film Festival and Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, and won the award for Best ‘Made in Wales’ Short at the WOW Film Festival. Additionally, it was part of Cannes Film Festival’s Cinema du Demain where it was screened at the Short Film Corner