MAD World has released the film’s posters before it heads to BFI London and El Gouna film festivals.
MAD World (a MAD Solutions’ company), global sales agent for Laila Abbas’ latest Palestinian tale, Thank You For Banking With Us!, has released the film’s posters in anticipation of its premieres at the BFI London Film Festival and the seventh El Gouna Film Festival. BFI London takes place from October 9 to 20, while El Gouna Film Festival runs from October 24 to November 1.
Thank You For Banking With Us! explores the intricacies of sisterhood and family, while tackling the challenges of remittance laws. Upon discovering that their father left behind a substantial sum of money, two sisters devise an elaborate scheme to abscond with the funds before their brother, who is legally entitled to half the inheritance, learns of their father’s death.
The film is co-produced by August Films owned by Ronza Kamel and Hanna Atallah (founder and artistic director of Palestine Cinema Days), and Roshanak Behesht Nedjad through her Berlin-based production outfit, In Good Company Films.
Thank You For Banking With Us! has received support from the El Gouna Film Festival in 2018 through four $10,000 grants from ART, Cedars Productions, O Three Productions, and Metafora, respectively. Moreover, it won the In-Development Award from the CineGouna Platform and was supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture as well as the Doha Film Institute’s 2023 edition of the Qumra Initiative. Additionally, the film has received funding from German film funds (Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), and the Hubert Bals Plus Europe of International Film Festival Rotterdam. Notably, it was also among the winners of the Red Sea Fund’s third cycle.
