Feature Film competition
Mea Culpa
Lebanon, Belgium | 72 min | 2023 | Documentary
Lies and guilt are at the core of Patrick’s relationship with his mother Randa. Over the years, he collected their audio messages and video calls. He now transforms them into a portrait of her life in Lebanon and his in Belgium. By turns moving, provocative and hilarious, Mea Culpa questions the links between national and sexual identities for a young Palestinian emigrant.
Director:
Patrick Tass
Patrick Tass
cast:
Randa Tass,
Patrick Tass,
Diana Tass,
Simon Tass,
Bryn Watkins
production:
Atelier Graphoui
Director:
Patrick tass
Patrick Tass is a Belgian director of Palestinian origin, born in Beirut in 1992. He
lives in Brussels, working in the world of cinema. He is currently directing two short films and cowriting a feature-film. In his works, Patrick focuses on themes such as identities and sexualities.
Hashims’ short films won the Jury prize in Baghdad Film Festival (2016), Golden Palm in Saudi Film Festival (2024), Best Film in GCC in Sharjah Film Festival (2015), Best Director at Red Carpet Festival and was nominated for the Best film award by the National Arab American Society (NAAS) in Carthage International Film Festival in Tunis, one of the most important film events in Africa and Arab world.
On the other hand, in the last 10 years, he produced and directed TV shows and commercials in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman for the biggest corporate companies in the region and and got awarded with the Pioneer marketer 1st Place Award in Riyadh.