After receiving unanimous approval at cannes, maa alfidda arrives in locarno accompanied by ossama mohammed, chair of the cineasti del presente jury. Silvered water, syria selfportrait by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan 1122 2014 06. It is, however, an immensely important documentation of syrias ongoing civil war. From within the tension between my estrangement in france and the revolution, an encounter happened. Silvered water, syria selfportrait with ossama mohammed. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda cineuropa. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival.
Dec 22, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs. Vimeo gives control freaks the power to tweak every aspect of their embedded videos. A look at firsthand video accounts of violence in modernday syria as filmed by activists in. 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. 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. 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. The case of a voyager is quite different, as this is the selfportrait that marcel ophuls permitted himself in his twilight years, almost as a happy testament. While silvered water, syria self portrait by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan is overtly political with a sharp rebuke on the situation in strife torn syria, leviathan by russian director andrey zvyagintsev the next andrei tarkovsky is more subtle in its portrayal of political corruption in present russian society. 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. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes. Documentaries screening at encounters film festival. Presently darwish awaits a trial that has been postponed several times and is now scheduled for 5 november.
Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014. The winner of the best documentary award at the london film festival this year, silvered water, syria selfportrait is a document of the syrian uprising as told via found footage from youtube. Perhaps this is the best mohammed could do under the circumstances. The woman was wiam simav bedirxan, codirector with ossama mohammed of silvered water, syria selfportrait. Mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, 2014, the war show obaidah zytoon and andreas. Firsthand video accounts of the violence in syria filmed by activists in the city of homs. On silvered water, syria selfportrait bomb magazine. It has been a running documentation of a conflict that has left more than 200,000 killed the homicidal ferocity of which has been captured in ossama mohammeds new film, silvered water, syria selfportrait.
Read more 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 or 1,001 ordinary syrians. She was thin because its hard to get a square meal in a city under siege. Silvered water, syria selfportrait that sugar film toto and his sisters virunga the visit. Syria self portrait is a visual poem of raw pain from exiled syrian director ossama mohammed. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Pais espana director oskar santos guion oskar santos, jorge lara comic. Silvered waters, syria selfportrait this documentary, directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossam mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, offers a rare. Silvered waters, syria selfportrait 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.
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Originally, yesmoke was an online store for cheap cigarettes, selling mainly philip morris to millions of customers around the world. Screen cannes daily day 4 by media business insight issuu. The project aims to open up multiple discussions about the situation in syria and the political and socioeconomic crisis in both greece and lebanon. This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality. 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, syria selfportrait 2014 filmaffinity. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted. When sales reached over one hundred million a year, big tobacco sued them for 550 million dollars, obligating them to shut their website down. If you were here with your camera, what would you film. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3 april 2, 2017 as a special discovery. Silvered water, syria self portrait is the story of that encounter. Eau argentee, syrie autoportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan.
Syria selfportrait is a poetic documentation of one of todays worst conflicts. Silvered water, syria selfportrait syrienfrankreich 2014, 92 min. The shots are not constructed, nor do not have even edges. 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. As a new york woman, post911, i was desperate to stimulate curiosity in my fellow citizens of the west, about arab communities maligned by the media. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. 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. 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. If your camera were here, in homs, what would you be filming. In order to create this testimony to human suffering. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syria france the collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed.
New zealand film director jane campion was the head of the jury for the main competition section. A recordbreaking number of french films selected for the. In the heart of the heart of another country is a collaborative project between contemporary art and soci. Silvered water, syria self portrait syrien 2014, laufzeit. Oct 10, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. 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 or 1,001 ordinary syrians. It is, however, an immensely important documentation of syria s ongoing civil war. 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. 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. Silvered water, syria selfportrait with ossama mohammed and noma omran. An extraordinary, at times excruciating documentary, silvered water, syria self portrait bears witness to the atrocities of the civil war that has raged in that country for nearly five years.
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Silvered water, syria selfportrait, ver ahora en filmin. Read a conversation with orwa nyrabia, the films producer, by pamela cohn, on bomb daily later today. Its a conceit borrowed from 102 minutes that changed america, a realtime account of 911 from amateur footage, but here its unafraid to show the. In paris, i can only film the sky and show these images on youtube, driven by my unshakeable love for syria. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Dec 17, 2014 perhaps this is the best mohammed could do under the circumstances. Daily nyff 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait. A young kurdish woman from homs began to chat with me, asking. Screening of ossama mohammeds silvered water, syria self.
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