Syria of yesterday, Syria of tomorrow: crossed views
Aflam 2025 - Round table
With Thomas Pierret (CNRS Iremam ), Samar Damlakhi (entrepreneur and humanitarian actress), Rania Stephan (filmmaker)
Moderation: Brigitte Curmi (president of Aflam and former French ambassador for Syria)
Five months after the fall of the Assad regime, Thomas Pierret turns the spotlight on the political and societal changes underway. Samar Damakhli will talk about her journey from Aleppo to Marseille and her dilemma of anchoring herself on both sides of the Mediterranean. Rania Stephan will reflect on the experience of the Bidayyat collective in supporting Syrian documentary filmmakers in exile.
This 45-minute round-table introduces the film session to follow.
A Lullaby Unlike Any Other By Amani Jaafer (Fiction - 9 min - 2024 - Tunisia, Sweden)
Nour, a young Palestinian girl, is studying in Sweden. She wanders the streets of Stockholm, realizing that she has lost her cell phone, which links her to her relatives in Palestine. As she retraces her steps, she recalls the traumas inflicted by the Israeli occupation, memories of her family and a long-forgotten lullaby.
My Memory is Full of Ghosts D'Anas Zawahri (Documentary - 1h14 - 2024 - Syria)
Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population emerge the memories of a city haunted by destruction.
In the presence of the director, producer Kamel Awad and cinematographer Hamzeh Ballouk
Born in 1987, Anas Zawahri is Palestinian and lives in Syria. He works as an independent director, editor and producer, and teaches cinema at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. He directed his first short fiction film, An Ordinary Day, in 2020. My Memory is Full of Ghost is his first feature-length documentary.
With Thomas Pierret (CNRS Iremam ), Samar Damlakhi (entrepreneur and humanitarian actress), Rania Stephan (filmmaker)
Moderation: Brigitte Curmi (president of Aflam and former French ambassador for Syria)
Five months after the fall of the Assad regime, Thomas Pierret turns the spotlight on the political and societal changes underway. Samar Damakhli will talk about her journey from Aleppo to Marseille and her dilemma of anchoring herself on both sides of the Mediterranean. Rania Stephan will reflect on the experience of the Bidayyat collective in supporting Syrian documentary filmmakers in exile.
This 45-minute round-table introduces the film session to follow.
A Lullaby Unlike Any Other By Amani Jaafer (Fiction - 9 min - 2024 - Tunisia, Sweden)
Nour, a young Palestinian girl, is studying in Sweden. She wanders the streets of Stockholm, realizing that she has lost her cell phone, which links her to her relatives in Palestine. As she retraces her steps, she recalls the traumas inflicted by the Israeli occupation, memories of her family and a long-forgotten lullaby.
My Memory is Full of Ghosts D'Anas Zawahri (Documentary - 1h14 - 2024 - Syria)
Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population emerge the memories of a city haunted by destruction.
In the presence of the director, producer Kamel Awad and cinematographer Hamzeh Ballouk
Born in 1987, Anas Zawahri is Palestinian and lives in Syria. He works as an independent director, editor and producer, and teaches cinema at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. He directed his first short fiction film, An Ordinary Day, in 2020. My Memory is Full of Ghost is his first feature-length documentary.