A 6,000-year old love story in which director Alia Yunis tries to understand the profound, often troubled, relationship between olive oil and the people of Mediterranean, including her own father. Her journey of food, love and heartache takes her to unexpected places as an increasingly diverse cast of characters get involved in unraveling this tale. It is a complicated romance, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic that is constantly evolving in a region that includes some of the poorest and most conflicted areas of Europe and the Middle East. This started as a film about olive oil, it also evolved into a story about finding our place in the world with a little bit of help from the keeper of our hearts and secrets, the olive tree. 

Festivals & Awards

Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Food Film Festival

DOCUTAH International Documentary Film Festival

Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary

Palestine Cinema Days Festival

Virginia Film Festival

Silk Road International Film Festival

Idyllwild Film Festival

Chicago Palestine Film Festival

Art of Film Festival

Toronto Food Festival

Boston Palestine Film Festival