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Films
4 Films
Country
“Syria”
x
films with a digital version
1
films hosted on Kanopy
2
short films
1
films available on demand
2
Region
Middle and Near East
4
South-East Europe
1
Country
Italy
1
Syria
4
x
Keywords
Development projects
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
1
Migration
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Political Activists
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Bloching, Max
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
Fedda, Yasmin
2
Wessels, Joshka
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
3
Country of production
Germany
1
Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
2002
1
2004
1
2020
2
Film list
Ayouni
2020
75
‘
Directed by
Yasmin Fedda
.
Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both men were active in the 2011 Syrian revolution, and witnesses to
Middle and Near East
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Political Activists
Little Waterfall
2002
52
‘
Directed by
Joshka Wessels
.
Shallalah Saghirah (‘Little Waterfall’) is a small village of about 20 households located in the Khanasser valley, in north Syria. The village has no electricity and still uses an ancient ganat
Middle and Near East
Infrastructure / Transport
Material Culture
Development projects
Milking the Desert
2004
25
‘
Directed by
Yasmin Fedda
.
This film follows the lives and choices of two monks living at Mar Musa, the Abyssinian Monastery in the desert of Syria. Through their daily lives, the issue of dialogue with Islam emerges.
Middle and Near East
Inter-religious relations
Religion / Belief / Faith
Unwritten Letters
2020
59
‘
Directed by
Max Bloching
Abd Alrahman Dukmak
.
Abd is a 24-year-old Syrian who took part in the early days of the 2011 revolution and now lives in Padova, Italy. Together with his German friend Max he is working on a film called Unwritten
South-East Europe
Middle and Near East
Migration
Refugees / Displaced populations
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Life Story / Life History