Preview screening - "Yesterday The Eye Didn't Sleep"

2026-05-30T17:00:00Z - 2026-05-30T19:30:00Z

Cinéma Le Gyptis, 136 Rue Loubon, 13003 Marseille, France

For the penultimate evening of the Festival Ciné-Palestine in Marseille, join us at the Gyptis to discover the debut feature of Rakan Mayasi, a filmmaker the festival has been following since the beginning of his career and who recently held the world premiere of his film at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. 🎤 The screening will be followed by a discussion with Rakan Mayasi (director) and May Odeh (associate producer, Odeh Films) YESTERDAY THE EYE DIDN'T SLEEP Belgium, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia | 2026 | 1h40 | Fiction In the quiet fog of the Bekaa Valley, on the border between Lebanon and Syria, someone sets fire to a truck, and with it a spark of trouble spreads through a tightly woven Bedouin community. Gamra is gone – maybe hiding, maybe running – and her cousin Yasser takes to the roads to find her. The deeper he looks, the more he runs into old grudges and the slow, burning logic of revenge. Back home, his sisters, Jawaher and Rim, are chosen to make things right. They are not asked but offered. One is calm, the other resists, but both know how quickly girls can be traded for peace. This is a film about what happens in the quiet, in fields, behind curtains, inside vans. It is about women who carry too much, men who speak in codes and a land that holds its breath, waiting for something to end…or begin. Director: Rakan Mayasi Production: Atata, TCPC, Odeh Films, Lux Motus Tempus, Mayana Films, Naoko Films 🎟️ Full price: €7 | Reduced price: €6 | Under 20: €3.50 🐣 Childcare will be provided by festival volunteers during the screening! Please let us know if you would like childcare for your child(ren) by the day before at the latest by emailing [email protected]