Mea Culpa
by Patrick Tass
Synopsis
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.
Credits
With: Randa Tass, Patrick Tass, Diana Tass, Simon Tass, Bryn WatkinsImage : Patrick Tass
Images: Patrick Tass, Randa Tass, Diana Tass, Simon Tass, Bryn Watkins, Rita Mounzer
Voice: Patrick Tass
Editing: Sébastien Demeffe
Sound: Thomas Ferrando
Color Grading: Lynn Abiad
Animation coaching: Caroline Nugue-Bourchat
Artistic coaching: Jorge León et Yara Safadi
Translation: Patrick Tass, Bryn Watkins, Diana Tass
Subtitles: Rita Mounzer
Poster: Pierre de Bellefroid
Produced by Atelier Graphoui, as part of Halaqat. European Halaqat project launched by the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with Bozar – Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, in partnership with Sound Image Culture – SIC, Cinemaximiliaan and Atelier Graphoui
This film is made with the support of Cinéma Al Fouad
A film developed in the framework of SoundImageCulture – SIC
More Information
Year: 2024
Duration: 72′
Language: Vo Arabe
Subtitles: English, French
Projections – Screenings
Pink Life KuirFest, Ankara, TR, 01/2026
Festival Des Images Aux Mots, Toulouse, FR, 01/2026
Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival, Ljubljana, SI, 12/2025
Le Prétexte, Montignies-sur-Sambre, BE, 11/2025
Mostra de Cinema Àrab i Mediterrani de Catalunya, Barcelone, ES, 11/2025
Queer Porto, Porto, PT, 11/2025
MIX CPH, Copenhague, DK, 10/2025
Pink Life Queer Fest, Antakya, TR, 10/2025
The Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Palm Springs, US, 09/2025
Cinéma Trottoir (by Cinemaximiliaan), Brussels, BE, 09/2025
Rawy – Pop-up Cinema, Berlin, DE, 06/2025
Tënk (Plateforme vidéo à la demande), FR, 06/2025
Ciné résistance, Bern, CH, 05/2025
MCFA, Marche-en-Famenne, BE, 04/2025
BFI Flare, London, GB, 03/2025
Wasla Ciné Queer, Paris, FR, 01/2025
Centre culturel Jacques Franck, Brussels, BE, 01/2025
Cinémarche, Marche-en-Famenne, BE, 01/2025
Maison de la Culture de Tournai, Tournai, BE, 11/2024
Cinematek, Brussels, BE, 11/2024
Grignoux – Cinéma Churchill, Liège, BE, 11/2024
Galeries Cinéma, Brussels, BE, 11/2024
Pink Screens, Brussels, BE, 10/2024
Soura Film Festival, Berlin, DE, 10/2024
Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Casablanca, MA, 09/2024
Falastin Film Fest Scotland, Edinburgh, GB, 08/2024
Festival de cinema En Ville !, Brussels, BE, 02/2024
Awards
Special Mention at festival Queer Porto, 2025
Fondation Boghossian Award, Liban 2025 – Cinéma ‘Coup de Cœur’, 2025