Tomorrow's Children 1970
A short documentary about six Syrian children who escaped the war in Aleppo and got stuck in child labor.
A short documentary about six Syrian children who escaped the war in Aleppo and got stuck in child labor.
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 morning to inform us from the beginning of the day. But in Aleppo, people were accustomed to the sounds of war, rockets, and mortars, To the sound of the mother’s cries and the cry of the fathers, Break the glass and destroy the houses. Now the war is over and everything is drowned in silence and wind. Silence is as eternal as is full of fear and loneliness. Full of stories buried under the rubble. Aleppo: The silence of the War film depicting this fragile silence after the war.The silence from years of war.A silence that does not mean peace, nor the meaning of war!
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 and death, they, with other main characters managed to find moments of love, fun and laughter. With them we live the time of despair but also that of hope. Until the moment comes where they were all forced to leave with no return, for now at least.
Two names, two faces and one story: a story that is told behind the eyes of a person who is looking to be free but not lonely.
Youssef, 25 years old is haunted by his memories. Distracted between his love and his dreams, afraid from the future and trying to talk his heart out maybe he can find the peace he is searching for.
According to the myth, when Zeus created humans, they had four hands, four legs and two heads. Later and because of their noise, he decided to punish them. Thus, he split them by a thunder bolt and since then each has been looking for their other half.
Text messages to a boyfriend in Roanne, everyday conversation with parents in Beirut, the life in Copenhagen. A love letter painted with isolation of living in a foreign land and the intimate time spent together with the director's loved ones.
Sulaiman, a high-school student, is accused of cheating during an Arabic exam and he has to convince the vice-principal that he wasn’t and get his full grade instead of a zero. His journey isn’t as easy as it seems.
A father/photographer who has trouble accepting his daughter disappearance, goes through a strange trance when the photos of his daughter begin to haunt him.
It’s a big day for seven-year-old Hussein. He gets up early and instructs his driver to take him to the Ministry of Finance, where he insists on meeting with the Minister in order to ask him a Very Important Question.
Nine-year-old Aseel's father is the sheikh of his village and trains camels for racing. Excessive tourism results in a natural disaster that affects the villagers. When the father becomes a victim, Aseel must return his camel, destroying his dreams.
Under the uncompleted arch of a disused building, Amira Louadah gathers a group of sportsmen linked by the use of their fists, who call themselves “the 300 faction”, after Zac Snyder’s virilistic blockbuster.