Director ossama mohammed had lived in exile for many years when he was contacted by wiam simav bedirxan, a young kurdish activist. 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. Oct 10, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. He left syria on may 9, 2011, the anniversary of the day nazi germany surrendered. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 filmaffinity. Recently, it has been propelled higher by political unrest in egypt and the threat of u. Dec 22, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs unifrance. Jose escobar musica fernando velazquez fotografia daniel sosa segura reparto teo planell, toni gomez, elena anaya, iria castellano, maximo pastor, ana blanco. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014. And for eight months of the year, 40,000 families live here without water, electricity or provisions laboriously extracting salt from this desolate landscape. Forum 0 silvered water, syria selfportrait syrien 2014, laufzeit. Silvered water, syria selfportrait syrien 2014, laufzeit.
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Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer eng on. Syrian writers and artists are the enemies of extremism. Syria had recently been admitted to the axis of evil, so i moved there with a camera, and traveled alone throughout the country from 2004 through 2006. Dec 17, 2014 directed by wiam bedirxan, ossama mohammed. A feature film by ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan. Firsthand video accounts of the violence in syria filmed by activists in the city of homs.
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Sep, 2017 this documentary, directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossam mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, 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 onthe ground footage shot by bedirxan, an elementary school teacher. Silvered water, syria selfportrait, ver ahora en filmin. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer eng. 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 syrienfrankreich. A look at firsthand video accounts of violence in modernday syria as filmed by activists in the besieged city of homs. The shots are not constructed, nor do not have even edges. On silvered water, syria selfportrait bomb magazine.
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