Tim Alsiofi

Born in Douma, Damascus countryside in 1994, Tim Alsiofi started studying sound engineering and music in 2009. He couldn’t complete his studies because of the blockade imposed on the city of Douma and eastern Ghouta. He was forcedly displaced in 2018. During this period, he worked as a director and a sound engineer in Russel Studio in Douma (2014-2018). He also worked as a broadcaster and reporter for several local and international radio stations. After the beginning of his work as a field photographer in 2013, he contributed to the transfer of images from the heart of eastern Ghouta to numerous news agencies. He is a member of Sam Lenses team and Russel studio, and a founding member of the voluntary project Humanity in Syria. Tim also worked as a video photographer and director of photography in a number of short and long documentaries. Still Recording(2018) is one of his latest works. He has filmed and directed the short films Sons of War and The Flute and the Cemetery for Orient TV. In 2019, he signs Douma Underground which won a special mention for the best documentary at REGARD, 2020.