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Leila and the Wolves

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Drawing on the Arab heritage of oral tradition and mosaic pattern, Leila and the Wolves combines fictional drama, archival footage, and fantasy sequences to explore the collective memory of Arab women and their hidden role in history throughout the past half-century both in Palestine and in Lebanon.

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Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film It’s also striking to think that when Leila is looking forward into the future, she is already, in some senses, looking at our recent past, which only reinforces the sense of the cyclical and ongoing nature of her themes. Rated: 4/5 Mar 31, 2025 Full Review Nadine Whitney The Curb Heiny Sror’s master work Leila and the Wolves (Leila wa al ziap) is a piece of resistance and feminism where culture, identity, and gender are moving in a ouroboros-like cycle. Rated: A Mar 27, 2025 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Maven's Nest Restoration of 1984 feminist re-imagining and re-enactments that time-travels two centuries of Lebanese/Palestinian/Middle Eastern herstory by Jewish/Arab/Lebanese auteur filmmaker that is, as she says "more relevant than ever", and even prophetic. Rated: 8/10 Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) A great and necessary feminist film. Mar 18, 2025 Full Review Clotilde Chinnici Loud and Clear Reviews With its reflection on the importance of memory and resistance, the documentary is a necessary viewing in this day and age. It’s haunting to think that much of Leila and the Wolves could have been filmed today. Rated: 4/5 Mar 14, 2025 Full Review Jared Mobarak Hey, Have You Seen ...? The result is a powerful document of women's crucial impact to the Arab world during this time of cultural and political upheaval. It ensures their voice won't be silenced or pushed to the sidelines as if they weren't there fighting the entire time. Rated: 8/10 Mar 14, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Heiny Srour

Director

Nabila Zeitouni

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Rafic Ali Ahmad

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Heiny Srour

Screenwriter

Heiny Srour

Producer

Curtis Clark

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Synopsis Drawing on the Arab heritage of oral tradition and mosaic pattern, Leila and the Wolves combines fictional drama, archival footage, and fantasy sequences to explore the collective memory of Arab women and their hidden role in history throughout the past half-century both in Palestine and in Lebanon.
Director
Heiny Srour
Producer
Heiny Srour
Screenwriter
Heiny Srour
Distributor
Several Futures
Production Co
British Film Institute, Leila Films, Ministère Nationale et de la Culture Française, NCO, NOVIB, Lebanese Ministry of Tourism, Swedish International Development Authority
Genre
Documentary, Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 14, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 30m