My Aleppo
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
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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
Images from old Aleppo.
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
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
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
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.
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
A startling portrait of everyday life in a war zone, through the eyes of children.
The Battle of Aleppo was one of the bloodiest conflicts in the continuing war in Syria. Tens of thousands of people died in the fighting in the period from 2012 to 2016, and hundreds of thousands lost their homes. Much o
The film follows physician Dr. Hamza al-Khatib and nurse Um Ibrahim in al-Quds Hospital, by then the last operational one in besieged East Aleppo, through the lenses of photographer Abd Alkader Habak. Amidst the misery a
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
Aleppo, a city that never sleeps for fear of the horrors that now rage within its walls. Sons fight alongside fathers in a place where everyone is a soldier and becoming a martyr is considered easier than living.
Our daily life is full of voices that most of us do not hear because of repetition, As if they no longer exist. Sounds of car bug, car radio sound, traffic jerky voice, children’s voice, bird sounds that read every morni
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.
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
Hand-drawn animated short of a woman, confined to a wheelchair, struggling and ultimately failing to survive in war-torn Aleppo.
A documentary on the former Snia site in Rome: from factory to unfinished shopping center, and now a space reclaimed by nature.