City of Emptiness
Madinat al faragh
In this experimental short documentary, the filmmaker revisits the city of his youth and presents a searching look back to another time, but seems only to find emptiness and escape as the sole final solution.
Also in this combined programme
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Before Vanishing
The Barada is the main river in Damascus. Once it was the city’s lifeblood which provided riches, but nothing now remains of that illustrious past. -
They Were Here
Homage to the old steam engine plant of Damascus, once a symbol of optimistic belief in development, but now a deserted and desolate place. -
The Right Side of That Road
A thoughtful reflection on the working class district of the Old City of Damascus and the relations between the people and the built environment. -
Silence
Silence is an emotional investigation of sense and senselessness in the conflict over the occupied Golan Heights and the events leading to its loss. I
Film details
- Country of production
- Syria
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 8'
- Medium/Format
- DVD
