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'AidaReturns'isapoignant,sometimessad,sometimespainful,sometimeshumorous,oftenabsurdstoryofamultiplejourney:thejourneyoflossasthedirector’smotherAidastruggledwithlosingherselftoAlzheimer’sdisease,butfindingsolaceinherrepeated“returning”totheYafaandPalestineofheryouth;thejourneyofthelossofaparent;andtheultimatereturnjourneybacktoYafawhereAidawouldfinallyfindrestandbeherselfoncemore. ClosetofouryearsafterAida’spassingaway,thedirector’sfriendandcolleagueTanyawholivesinRamallahcametovisitBeirut.WhensheheardaboutAida’swishesandyearningforYafa,Tanyasuggestedthatsheherselfcarriestheashesback.ThefilmaccompaniesdirectorCarolMansourassheengineersawaytoreturnhermothertoYafainsearchofeternalrestandpeaceforher.Areturnthatisaidedbyanunlikelysetoffriendsandstrangersallcomingtogethertofacilitatewhatshouldhavebeenasimplejourney.Thisjourneyisatthesametimeveryprivateandpersonal,whileresonatingwithhundredsofthousandsofAlzheimer’ssufferersandtheirfamiliesaswellashundredsofthousandsofPalestinianrefugeesawaitingtheirreturnhome. 'AidaReturns'isatributetothelostpastofthedirector’sfamily,anattempttorestorepartofbothanindividualandacollectivememory,andapoeticnodandaffirmationtoallthoseexiledPalestiniansforbiddenfromreturningtotheirhometowns,evenafterdeath.