Based on a note Hayat wrote on the plane ride back to Cairo for her grandfather's funeral, Geneinet Gedo is an experimental documentary paying homage to him and the fruit garden he left behind and an exploration of her sense of home.

Produced as a part of the Two.Five competition on one roll of Super 8 film with no editing. 

Directed by Hayat Aljowaily 
Text by Hayat Aljowaily 
Cinematography by Mostafa El Sheshtawy 
Sound Design by Ahmed Sabbour 
Score by Hadi Birajakli 

Festivals & Screenings: 

Institut Français du Caire, Egypt, August 2024 
Two.Five Competition, Zawya Cinema, Egypt, September 2024


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