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Forced to leave Syria because of the war, Dounia and her grandparents go in search of a new safe haven. As she traverses the world in search of asylum, Dounia draws strength from the wisdom of the ancient world, brought
A searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes a
An introverted former broadcaster chooses to detach himself from the overwhelming situation his country is going through, but the news of his daughter getting besieged in Aleppo break through his shield. A portrayal of t
Before Aleppo's fall, Syrian/Norwegian director Nizam Najar explores the inside of the war. To him one of the reasons the rebellion has failed, stems from the Syrian society itself.
Suffocated by a cruel, inescapable siege imposed by the Syrian regime and after five months of incessant and senseless shelling, a group of children living in Aleppo start painting the walls of their city. It is an act o
Salma is a 37 years old paramedic nurse working in private and public hospitals in Tunisia. When her only son, Murad, go to Syria to join the terrorist movement Al-Nusra Front, Salma infiltrate the jihadists with the aim
The Aleph is the point where diachronic and synchronic times meet, and each second represents a moment in life, from birth to death.
The film plunges the viewer into 2053, in Alephia, a fictional Arab country, “Dystopian and imaginary”, whose name is taken from Aleph, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet and “ia” (or “ya”), the last letter of this
After fleeing the civil war in Syria and relocating to South Africa, a young family struggles to preserve their ties to the ancient city of Aleppo. Confined to their one-room apartment, they receive a string of unsettlin
A criminologist has been investigating for years the murders committed by a mysterious killer who signs his name as Aleph. When he seems close to the truth, he is killed.
Young married couple are moving in a new flat. They try to drop everyday monotony by buying a magic box which introduces them to tv-simulacrum.
One morning in August 2012, renowned Syrian photographer Issa Touma saw young men lugging sandbags into his street. It turned out to be the start of the Syrian uprising in the city of Aleppo. Touma grabbed his camera and
Alephah proposes a vision of the other world and responds intuitively and descriptively to the eternal question: what happens when we die?, what journey do we take? As if a film crew had traveled there, to the last lands
Syrian photographer Issa Touma regularly travels from Europe to his city of birth, Aleppo. He visits family, friends and students who still live there, primarily viewing it as his task to record the art of survival durin
Short film directed by Ernst Reinboth
In this documentary film, Malas explores the life and music of the classical Aleppan singer and composer Sabri Moudallal (1918-2006). "Maqam" is the melodic system of traditional Arabic music.