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MTR Review-The Cave

Under the rubble, vital signs persist

Carmen Gray / January 10, 2020

SYRIA: The renowned new documentary from Feras Fayyad is an unflinching depiction of courage, resilience and female solidarity.

Amani Ballour, chemical attack, chlorine, DOK.fest München, Douma Underground, Edward Watts, Feras Fayyad, Films from the South, FIPADOC, For Sama, Ghouta, HUMAN idff Oslo, Kirstine Barfod, Last Men in Aleppo, My English Cousin, siege, Sigrid Dyekjær, Syria, The Cave, Tim Alsiofi, Toronto, Waad al-Kateab

For Sama-Cannes 2019

A personal account of Aleppo’s destiny

Dieter Wieczorek / May 30, 2019

SYRIA: A painful documentary infused with the occasional breath of poetry and beauty from Aleppo.

aleppo, Ben de Pear, Cannes Docs, Cannes Film Festival, Dan Edge, Edward Watts, eyelet, For Sama, George Waldrum, HOTDOCS, HUMAN idff Oslo, IDFA, Nevine Mabro, One World CZ, Prague, Raney Aronson-Rath, Siobhan Sinnerton, Southwest, Syria, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Waad al-Kateab

The lost prize of freedom

Melita Zajc / April 29, 2019

SYRIA: A filmmaker begins documenting a celebration of freedom in Aleppo but ends up documenting the devastating consequences of that dream.

aleppo, Ben de Pear, bombed, Cannes Docs, country, courage, Dan Edge (FRONTLINE), doctor, dystopia, Edward Watts, Emmy, exile, Fireworks, For Sama, freedom, George Waldrum (ITN), home, hospital, HOTDOCS, HUMAN idff Oslo, IDFA, Nevine Mabro, One World CZ, Political, Raney Aronson-Rath, regime, Serbia, siege, Siobhan Sinnerton (Channel 4), Southwest, Syria, Syrian, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, trust, Turkey, UN, Waad al-Kateab, weapons

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