Syria
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Underrepresented participants of war
CONFLICT: Fleeing one war and entering into another, the grief and uncertainty of one Syrian family beg the question: what drives a person to serve a country that doesn’t always appreciate the sacrifice?
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Tracking truth beyond the frontiers of dawn
INTERVIEW: Gianfranco Rosi speaks to Modern Times Review on new film, Notturno.
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IDFA welcomes Gianfranco Rosi as 2020 guest of honour
IDFA has announced its 2020 Guest of Honor as Italian director Gianfranco Rosi. Among Rosi’s many accolades, he is the only filmmaker to win top awards at two A-list festivals with documentary films, the Venice Golden Lion with Sacro GRA (2013) and the #Berlinale Golden Bear with Fire at Sea (2016). Rosi’s entire body of…
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We are movie cameras, lucidly dreaming
BOOKS: Filmmaker and curator Pamela Cohn knows all about the medium’s gallant struggle for a cinematic language that is new, immediate, and accessible to the viewer.
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A step at a time
MIGRANTS: Journey into a new life for a Syrian refugee and his son is a poignant story of love and courage.
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No escape
CONFLICT: Eléonore Weber's chilling compilation of military footage reveals the casual killing by men in flying machines who risk nothing in the pursuit of state-sanctioned murder.
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Under the rubble, vital signs persist
SYRIA: The renowned new documentary from Feras Fayyad is an unflinching depiction of courage, resilience and female solidarity.
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Close to Turkey’s border
ECO-FEMINISM: Nature is the best source for strength and survival in a war-torn part of the world, and Kurdish women of Syria intend to utilize this while rebuilding their lives when peace settles in again.
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A personal account of Aleppo’s destiny
SYRIA: A painful documentary infused with the occasional breath of poetry and beauty from Aleppo.