In her early twenties, Hiam Abass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile, and the way the women in their family influenced both their lives. Set between past and present, Bye Bye Tiberias pieces together images of today, family footage from the nineties, and historical archives to portray four generations of daring Palestinian women who keep their story and legacy alive through the strength of their bonds, despite exile, dispossession, and heartbreak.In response to a question about the shift from her debut film Their Algeria, which focused on the paternal side of her family, to Bye Bye Tiberias, exploring the maternal side, Lina Soualem reflects on the journey that led her to this new project. She emphasizes the thematic continuity between the two films, delving into the exploration of exile and the transmission of information across generations. Lina, who is half Algerian and half Palestinian, born in France, shares the contrasting survival strategies within her family—“speaking” on the Palestinian side and “preferring silence” on the Algerian side. The decision to address paternal history first in Their Algeria was driven by the need to break silence, reconcile with the past, and reclaim their history. With Bye Bye Tiberias, Lina sees herself as a young woman with the experience and courage to narrate the story of women in Palestine, acknowledging the political intricacies of such a narrative. While Their Algeria tackled the history of the colonization of Algeria by France, Bye Bye Tiberias grapples with the ongoing erasure of Palestine and Palestinians today.