Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep (2026)
Drama | 100m | Un Certain Regard 2026
Directed by: Rakan Mayasi
In the quiet fog of the Bekaa Valley, on the border between Lebanon and Syria, someone sets fire to a truck, and with it a spark of trouble spreads through a tightly woven Bedouin community. Gamra is gone – maybe hiding, maybe running – and her cousin Yasser takes to the roads to find her. The deeper he looks, the more he runs into old grudges and the slow, burning logic of revenge. Back home, his sisters, Jawaher and Rim, are chosen to make things right. They are not asked but offered. One is calm, the other resists, but both know how quickly girls can be traded for peace. This is a film about what happens in the quiet, in fields, behind curtains, inside vans. It is about women who carry too much, men who speak in codes and a land that holds its breath, waiting for something to end…or begin.
PREMIERE
May 20 - 14.00 - Salle Debussy
OFFICIAL SCREENING
May 21 - 08:30 - Salle Debussy
CATCH-UP SCREENINGS
May 21 - 14:15 - Le Cineum Imax Salle 3
May 22 - 11:45 - Le Cineum Imax Screen X
Rakan Mayasi
Rakan Mayasi is an independent Palestinian filmmaker, currently based between Brussels and Beirut. He grew up in Amman, Jordan and then went on to study Cinema, Theatre and Psychology in Lebanon. He later received film training with Abbas Kiarostami in South Korea at the Asian Film Academy. He has an MA in Filmmaking from LUCA School of Arts in Belgium and has written, directed and produced several short films. His previous film ROUBAMA was an official selection at the Locarno Film Festival in 2012.
With
Rim Al Mawla (Rim), Jawaher Al Mawla (Jawaher), Yasser Al Mawla (Yasser)
Screenplay
Rakan Mayasi & Wahid Ajmi
Cinematography
Pôl Seif
Editing
Louis De Schrijver
Production
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