On silvered water, syria selfportrait bomb magazine. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a study in the process of mourning and an avowal of cinemas evolving revolutionary capacities. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer.
May 15, 2014 shot by 1,001 syrians according to the caption, silvered water, syria selfportrait is a relentless chronicle of the horrors of the war told through grainy, jumpy, pixillated eyewitness. Silvered water is a visual poem of raw pain from exiled syrian director ossama mohammed, a young kurdish woman under siege in. This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality of the syrian civil war as captured firsthand by both its victims and its perpetrators. Film screening of maa alfidda silvered water, syria.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait movie. Actor sameena jabeen ahmed and documentary silvered water, syria selfportrait also honoured as director. A child wanders in the rubble of homs, syria, in ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait, which is being released in japan as syria mon amour. Mohammed edited the material simav shot herself in the besieged city together with excerpts from 1001. The film offers a rare glimpse inside the hermetic world of syria during the early stages of its civil war, chronicling the siege of homs through a combination of eyewitness accounts posted to the internet and ontheground footage shot by bedirxan, an elementary. Mohammed uses the film as a means to cope with his situation. The following is a list of documentary films about the syrian civil war. Silvered waters, syria selfportrait this documentary, directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossam mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, offers a rare. This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality of the syrian civil war as captured. A film by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan a coproduction of proaction film and les films dici. The film does not lack for extraordinarily drastic scenes, but the one that will most likely stay with you the longest is of little omar making up conversations. Filmed by over syrians and narrated by mohammed, silvered water, syria selfportrait documents the destruction and atrocities of the civil war through a chorus of eyewitness accounts shot on mobile phones and posted to the internet. Director ossama mohammed had lived in exile for many years when he was contacted by wiam simav bedirxan, a young kurdish activist.
The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival shot by a reported 1,001 syrians, according to the filmmakers, silvered water. From within the tension between my estrangement in france and the revolution, an encounter happened. Silvered water, syria self portrait captures the utter hopelessness of whats going on in the world today, with a touch of a slim hope that cinema can help. Tiff 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait ossama. Firsthand video accounts of the violence in syria filmed by activists in the city of homs. Syria selfportrait this film documents the destruction and atrocities of syria s war through a combination of eyewitness accounts, shot by a reported 1,001 syrians on mobile phones and posted to the internet, and footage shot by bedirxan during the siege of homs.
Activists hold mobile phone film festival inside warravaged syria. The complete toronto international film festival lineup with grade averages back to indiewire. Read a conversation with orwa nyrabia, the film s producer, by pamela cohn, on bomb daily later today. The film has been recognized by important institutions as perhaps the most artistically.
Maltese industry professionals to benefit from the governments fullwage. Saving syria s children 20 the return to homs 20 red lines 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 50 feet from syria 2015 7 days in syria 2015 our war 2016 peshmerga 2016 red lines 2014 salam neighbor 2016 the war show 2016. The film chronicles ossama mohammeds efforts to wrestle artistically with the politics of displacement and the shift from peaceful protests to catastrophic war. Ossama mohammedwiam simav bedirxan, frankreichsyrien 2014, 92 min. Wiam simav bedirxan is a syrian kurdish documentary filmmaker from homs, who codirected the 2014 film silvered water, syria selfportrait with exiled filmmaker ossama mohammed. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedixans silvered water, syria selfportrait, featuring the footage of the ongoing killing going on in syria, filmed by the people struck by and in. If you were here with your camera, what would you film.
In paris, i can only film the sky and show these images on youtube, driven by my unshakeable love for syria. A feature film by ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan. Daily nyff 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait. Trova trailer, recensioni e tutte le informazioni su silvered water, syria selfportrait di ossama mohammed,wiam bedirxan. Perhaps this is the best mohammed could do under the circumstances. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. This is the film made of 1001 images shot by 1001 syrian men and women and i ossama mohammed silvered water, syria self portrait is a film by a syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed, who is now living in paris as a political refugee with his wife, and a kurdish activist, simav bedirxan, who shot. The watson institute for international and public affairs at brown university supports multidisciplinary research, teaching, and public education on international affairs. Syria self portrait is a documentary directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted. Ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan 2014 while in political exile in paris, the syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed received an extraordinary facebook message from the kurdish teacher and activist wiam simav bedirxan from homs. The collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed and young kurdish activist wiam simav bedirxan distills footage from 1,001 syrians and documents the destruction and atrocities of the civil war through a combination of eyewitness accounts shot on mobile phones and posted to the. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014.
Oct 10, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3. This is silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer eng by no nation films on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival. Watch silvered water, syria selfportrait online 2014. Activists hold mobile phone film festival inside war. Dec 17, 2014 perhaps this is the best mohammed could do under the circumstances. For all the people, demonstrating against assad was an explosion of cinema.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3 april 2, 2017 as a special discovery. Venerdi 5 dicembre 2014 alle 20 spazio oberdan, milano. Jul 29, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014. The institute promotes the work of students, faculty, visiting scholars, and policy practitioners who analyze and develop initiatives to address contemporary global problems. Their dialogue and, in particular, the material that simav sent mohammed, resulted in the shockingly powerful silvered water. Its when i see a film like this in a commercial cinema on friday night that i am happy to live in paris. He is currently living in exile in paris, where he collaborated on silvered water, syria selfportrait. Shot by 1,001 syrians according to the caption, silvered water, syria selfportrait is a relentless chronicle of the horrors of the war told through grainy, jumpy, pixillated eyewitness. Susan sontag once observed how war photography enables us to both regard and consume the pain of others. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait trailer. Its another example of how rich of a film silvered water, syria selfportrait is, a difficult but essential film. Read a conversation with orwa nyrabia, the films producer, by pamela cohn, on bomb daily later today.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan 1122 2014 06. At the 58th bfi london film festival awards premiere scenes claire bueno and anthony bueno interview documentary competition winner the grierson award. Silver water screened at cannes outofcompetition, the only arab film in the fests official selection. Syria selfportrait is a poetic documentation of one of todays worst conflicts. Trailer for silvered water, syria selfportrait maa alfidda the astonishing collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed and young kurdish activist wiam simav bedirxan distills footage from thousands of clandestine videos to create a shattering, ontheground documentary chronicle of the ordeal being undergone by ordinary syrians in the ongoing civil war. In 2004, he started producing independent documentary films, including successful titles such as return to homs which opened idfa 20 and was an awardwinner at sundance film festival and silvered water, syria self portrait cannes 2014. It is a selfportrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a selfreflective piece for ossama mohammed. Reviewed at cannes film festival special screenings, may 15, 2014. The silvered water of syria mon amour the japan times. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee, s. Ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan 2014 while in political exile in paris, the syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed received an extraordinary. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda cineuropa. A look at firsthand video accounts of violence in modernday syria as filmed by activists in the besieged. The astonishing collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama.
Bedirxan documented the siege of homs, sending footage via the internet to mohammed in paris. Nyrabia started his career as an actor and journalist. Ossama mohammed silvered water, syria selfportrait. On a day of ordinary violence, my friend michel seurat. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 unifrance films. Silvered water syria selfportrait dokumentarfilm, regie. List of documentary films about the syrian civil war. Dec 22, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014 duration. Eau argentee, syrie autoportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is also a rare poetic work that powerfully expresses the humanity and perseverance of syrians, as it explores the topography of their country torn by civil war that has left nearly 500,000 dead and 11,000,000 homeless. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedrixians powerful film confronts this quandary head on by challenging its audience not to be numbed by a series of horrific images, most of them culled from mobilephone videos posted on the internet that are artfully edited into.