If you were here with your camera, what would you film. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed. Its another example of how rich of a film silvered water, syria selfportrait is, a difficult but essential film. Eau argentee, syrie autoportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait titulo original. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer. The film covers the period from december 20 to february 2014, beginning with former president yanukovychs rejection of an accord with the eu in favor of a closer relationship with russia. It is a selfportrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a selfreflective piece for ossama mohammed who, from his parisian exile, takes us into his inner world of torment and survivor guilt. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer eng on. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. Silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film, trailer, kritik kinozeit. The company also continues to do good business on idfa titles silvered water, syria self portrait. A look at firsthand video accounts of violence in modernday syria as filmed by activists in the besieged city of homs. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted. Shot by 1,001 syrians according to the caption, silvered water, syria selfportrait is a relentless chronicle of the horrors of the war told through grainy, jumpy, pixillated eyewitness.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014. Firsthand video accounts of the violence in syria filmed by activists in the city of homs. Silvered water premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival and won the london film festival grierson award for best documentary in 2014. From within the tension between my estrangement in france and the revolution, an encounter happened. The winner of the best documentary award at the london film festival this year, silvered water, syria selfportrait is a document of the syrian uprising as told via found footage from youtube. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a study in the process of mourning and an avowal of cinemas evolving revolutionary capacities. Sometime in the first few months of the uprisings, a video of a teenager arrested and tortured by bashar alassads security forces was posted online by the boys captors. A look at firsthand video accounts of violence in modernday syria as. Jul 29, 2014 silvered water, syria self portrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syria france the collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed. Dec 22, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs. Documentary films about the syrian civil war wikipedia. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 filmaffinity. This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality of the syrian civil war as captured firsthand by both its victims and its perpetrators.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the. This is silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer eng by no nation films on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3 april 2, 2017 as a special discovery. The bfi london film festival closed with a bang sunday night as brad pitt, shia lebeouf, logan lerman, michael pena and jon bernthal hit town for the european premiere of david ayers ww2 drama.
Oct 10, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Syria selfportrait is a poetic documentation of one of todays worst conflicts. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festiva l. Jul 29, 2014 sunshine superman, grim sleeper set for tiff 2014 new documentaries from nick broomfield pictured, laura nix, ethan hawke, joshua oppenheimer and lixin fan are set to screen at the. A feature film by ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan. Thessaloniki international film festival combats the quarantine with creativity. A conference about the film silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee, syrie autoportrait in relationship with the filmaker benedicte lienard residency at ucl, the discussion will be about the work of the two syrian artsits and filmakers. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is also a rare poetic work that powerfully expresses the humanity and perseverance of syrians, as it explores the topography of their country torn by civil war that has left nearly 500,000 dead and 11,000,000 homeless. The film chronicles ossama mohammed s efforts to wrestle artistically with the politics of displacement and the shift from peaceful protests to catastrophic war. But its mohammeds impressionistic, selfreferential structure that allows the films central theme. It is, however, an immensely important documentation of syrias. Silvered water is a visual poem of raw pain from exiled syrian director ossama mohammed, a young kurdish woman under siege in. Sunshine superman, grim sleeper set for tiff 2014 new documentaries from nick broomfield pictured, laura nix, ethan hawke, joshua oppenheimer and. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer eng.
Silvered waters, syria selfportrait this documentary, directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossam mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, offers a rare glimpse inside the hermetic world of syria during the early stages of its civil war, chronicling the siege of homs through a combination of eyewitness accounts posted to the. Shot by a reported 1,001 syrians, according to the filmmakers, silvered water, syria selfportrait impressionistically documents the destruction and atrocities of the civil war through a combination of eyewitness accounts shot on mobile phones and posted to the internet, and footage shot by bedirxan during the siege of homs. From france, where he collects footage of the war via social media sites that are used in the film, mohammed relies on bedirxan to film life in. Eau argente e, syrie autoportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil wa r, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. Angus george alexander browns rating of the film silvered water, syria selfportrait angus george alexander brown this film will never reach the audience that it needs to reach, and certainly not with the weight that it needs to reach them.
Documentary on effect of conflict in syria is a moving selfportrait. Ossama mohammed maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan syriafrance 2014 92 min. On silvered water, syria selfportrait bomb magazine. One of the most essential documentaries of the last few years, ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans aggressively personal silvered water, syria selfportrait stands out for its raw. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film screening news. Mohammed uses the film as a means to cope with his situation. Dec 17, 2014 directed by wiam bedirxan, ossama mohammed. It is a selfportrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a selfreflective piece for ossama mohammed. Mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, 2014, the war show. The film has been recognized by important institutions as perhaps the most artistically. Director ossama mohammed had lived in exile for many years when he was contacted by wiam simav bedirxan, a young kurdish activist. Mohammed edited the material simav shot herself in the besieged city together with excerpts from 1001. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014.
Reviewed at cannes film festival special screenings, may 15, 2014. Read a conversation with orwa nyrabia, the films producer, by pamela cohn, on bomb daily later today. Maa alfidda eau argentee, syrie autoportrait genero. The hardhitting tells the story of the war in syria through more than. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. The silvered water of syria mon amour the japan times. Buy silvered water, syria selfportrait microsoft store. May 15, 2014 shot by 1,001 syrians according to the caption, silvered water, syria selfportrait is a relentless chronicle of the horrors of the war told through grainy, jumpy, pixillated eyewitness. The shots are not constructed, nor do not have even edges. A view of sydney, australia, with the rercently completed sydney. Jose escobar musica fernando velazquez fotografia daniel sosa segura reparto teo planell, toni gomez, elena anaya, iria castellano, maximo pastor, ana blanco. Wiam simav bedirxan is a syrian kurdish documentary filmmaker from homs, who codirected the 2014 film silvered water, syria selfportrait with exiled filmmaker ossama mohammed.
Bedirxan documented the siege of homs, sending footage via the internet to mohammed in paris. Silvered water has been featured at the cannes and new york film festivals, as well as in beirut, istanbul, tunisia, and various parts of. Pages in category documentary films about the syrian civil war the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan 2014 while in political exile in paris, the syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed received an extraordinary facebook message from the kurdish teacher and activist wiam simav bedirxan from homs. Sep, 2017 this documentary, directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossam mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, offers a rare glimpse inside the hermetic world of syria during the early stages of its civil war, chronicling the siege of homs through a combination of eyewitness accounts posted to the internet and onthe ground footage shot by bedirxan, an elementary school teacher. Silvered water, syria selfportrait, which screened at tiff. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait movie. Syria mon amour, the japan title of silvered water, syria selfportrait, is a direct homage to alan resnais 1959 classic antiwar movie hiroshima mon amour and reflects a desire on the part of the twoperson distribution team to put the film in a japanese context. Brad pitt pays tribute to soldiers at fury bfi film. Pais espana director oskar santos guion oskar santos, jorge lara comic. Silvered water, syria selfportrait a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syrias civil war. A look at firsthand video accounts of violence in modernday syria as filmed by.
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