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Alisar Hasan, Alaa Amer
BE FR DE LX 2023    56' 72'
⚬ Arts & Culture ⚬ Society ⚬ Human Rights 

Synopsis

Amani Al-Ali, the first female cartoonist in Idlib, Syria, draws the life of her town, a bastion of jihadist groups that are  attempting to overthrow President Assad since 2011. Armed with her pen, she is struggling against Islamist authority and traditional patriarchy. But for how much longer will she have the strength to keep fighting, among the ruins of her town?

Credits

Directors

Alisar Hasan & Alaa Amer

Producer

Hanne Phlypo

Co-Producers

Estelle Robin You, Marion Guth, François Le Gall, Heino Deckert

Executive Producers

Salma Abdalla, Sigrid Dyekjær

Production Company

Clin d’oeil films

Co-Production Companies

a_BAHN, Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion, Point du Jour - Les films du balibari, Submarine, Real Lava

Cinematography 

Abdo Fayyad

Writers

Guillaume Vandenberghe, Vincent Coen, Alisar Hasan, Alaa Amer

Showrunners

Guillaume Vandenberghe, Vincent Coen

Editors

Neel Cockx, Céline Ducreux, Gladys Joujou

Music

Kyan Bayani

Sound

Ingrid Simon

Festivals

Canneseries 2023

Visions du Réel 2023

 

Film Details

Runtimes 56' 72'
Spoken Languages Arabic
Production Countries Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg

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