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For five years, at the heart of the Syrian civil war, a group of aspiring filmmakers documented the fighting and the daily life of the people in the city of Douma, in Eastern Ghouta, a besieged suburb of Damascus.
Director Yaser Kassab followed in his father’s footsteps, emigrating from Syria to Europe as a young man, and, like his father, he also aspired to become a filmmaker. They now work together on this film remotely. From Syria, the father provides guidance to his son over the phone or via video calls, offering advice on future film projects and life in general—loving conversations punctuated by we...
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, director Omar Malas has been asking himself a question: what would be the impact of the pandemic on Syrians after years of war? This documentary project is an attempt to portray the work of a citizen-led initiative in which he took part during the first wave of the pandemic.
For five years, at the heart of the Syrian civil war, a group of aspiring filmmakers documented the fighting and the daily life of the people in the city of Douma, in Eastern Ghouta, a besieged suburb of Damascus.
Director Yaser Kassab followed in his father’s footsteps, emigrating from Syria to Europe as a young man, and, like his father, he also aspired to become a filmmaker. They now work together on this film remotely. From Syria, the father provides guidance to his son over the phone or via video calls, offering advice on future film projects and life in general—loving conversations punctuated by we...
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, director Omar Malas has been asking himself a question: what would be the impact of the pandemic on Syrians after years of war? This documentary project is an attempt to portray the work of a citizen-led initiative in which he took part during the first wave of the pandemic.