Talal Al-Muhanna
TFI Support
Tribeca All Access® 2017
About
Talal produces documentaries and features by Arab filmmakers internationally. Past films were funded by Sundance and Cinereach and screened at Directors' Fortnight, IDFA and NYFF. In 2016, Algerian fiction Kindil was awarded Best Film by Roberto Rossellini Institute in Rome and Egyptian documentary Whose Country? was broadcast on World Channel.
Jaddoland
A visit back home to Texas prompts the filmmaker to reflect on her mother’s creative life. However, when her Iraqi refugee grandfather arrives on their doorstep, his presence raises deeper questions about belonging and the places the family calls home.