Movie

Lyd (2023)

• August 20, 2023
• 1h 18m

• Documentary
• Science Fiction

“A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world — what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.”

Overview

A sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd — a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948. As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.

Directors

Sarah Ema Friedland, Rami Youniss

Writers

Sarah Ema Friedland, Rami Youniss

Starring

Maisa Abd Elhadi, Eissa Fanous, Jihad Baba