Determined to have her first kiss, Loulwa defies her tumultuous world in search of normalcy. As she braves the streets of Beirut in pursuit of her sexual awakening, she finds herself taking an instant leap into adulthood when her world erupts into a redefined "normal". Ebb & flow is the recipient of the inaugural Sundance Uprise Grant 2021, the Doha Film Institute 2021 production grant, the ReelChange music composition grant from New Music USA, in addition to the Black Family and Riese production grants at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. The film was also supported by The Future of Film is Female, and Cedrona.
The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) welcomes makers and lovers of film from all over the world to the storied seaside village of Coronado, California to celebrate the magical art of visual storytelling. Coronado’s enduring love affair with Hollywood began more than a century ago.