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Al-Qaeda (al-QIA) affiliated terrorist organizations such as al-Nusra and ISIS have laid siege to Aleppo City Prison. Syrian police and soldiers and more than 2,500 prisoners remained under siege for more than a year. Until May 22, 2014, when the Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah broke the siege. This movie is about the legendary resistance of Syrian security forces and prisoners under siege.
Dec 2016
The film deals with the current and urgent Syrian issue, through the story of a journalist and a doctor, who belong to two different backgrounds in the city of Homs. The dialectic of their relationship begins through a kidnapping operation, and a desire for revenge. They find themselves in a semi-abandoned house amidst a state of ruin, danger and fear. In contact with the bleeding future, the days bring them many radical changes, so that together they will be a different tomorrow.
Mar 2021
Based on the idea of reincarnation, the work tells the story of Ahed, a young man who works in the pottery industry and lives in a village in northern Palestine with his family, where he is haunted by obsessions and memories from another life in another place.
Jan 2007
It tells the story of cinematic worlds through the perspectives of their creators, along with the hopes and desires these worlds impose and experience. The film, which took four days to shoot, explores the nature and philosophy of the violence sweeping the country, and its impact on generations, human souls, and their actions.
Dec 2013
A close look at the modern life details of people representing different social strata, from a street vendor to a political intellectual, touching upon the story of two lovers whose life paths have faltered, as well as a crane operator who doesn't want to leave his homeland despite the circumstances.
Jun 2015
The film sheds light on the kidnapping of Syrian women who were subjected to torture during the years of the Syrian civil war, and the suffering they had to endure along with their families.
Oct 2019
The film tells the story of Sabria (the protagonist), who suffers from the male mentality in society during the period from the days of the Great Syrian Revolution until the 1940s, and depicts the Syrian woman’s attempt to achieve her freedom and equality with men.
Jan 2008
Story revolves around a love story between a soldier at a checkpoint and a girl living next door, who face political differences and the problems of war. The events and personalities of the film also monitor stories from the contemporary Syrian scene that bear the smallest details, as the film deals with the daily and daily reality in Syria.
Apr 2016
The film tells the story of two characters at a new stage in their lives, whose fates intersect, a meeting that will force them to reconsider their reality.
Sep 2024
The film is about a dreamy girl who belongs to a middle class family. She is dominated by her father who is characterized by severe authority, goodness and tenderness, by conservatism and liberalism. The family lives in a heterogeneous quarter with contradictions among its inhabitants.
Apr 2002
Summer 2018 in Damascus, An ordinary day to "Abu Firas" who is a taxi driver, suffers from various pressures. In this day, many customers from different ages and social classes take his car. And with every customer who gets in it, "Abu Firas" tries to win his sympathy by making some painful stories about himself, to make more money from them. And each time his customers' reactions differ according to their backgrounds. Until this method cause to "Abu Firas" a strong shock at the end of his day
Jun 2020
As far as one can remember, water has been dropping from this ceiling. One drop after another, slowly, like an ever-repeating dream that spreads all-over and changes the rhythm of life, creating a partition in-between the internal and the external. One camera for Nidal Debs, another for his hero Marwan, One camera shooting what the other sees. who makes the film?. Marwan lives in Damascus since a long time, since when refugees arrived and filled the city, since hardship was even harder. He & his friends lived those times when life was different, when dreams were bouncing in the streets. Something is happening today, the friends awaken as Ahmad passes away, a life-time of silence has passed, a life-time of frustration and loneliness must end, dreams are searching for a few minutes, for last moments, there is still a little time left. There is a new space today.
Mar 2005
In the film, a family of moral, noble, musician, and singer friends save lives, trying to save them in the literal and metaphorical sense.
Apr 2018
Based on one of the most famous novels by Syrian novelist Khairy Al-Zahabi, the film tells the story of a woman from a Syrian family who is married but always treated badly by her husband, and is good at embroidery.
Summer 2022, Damascus city, the fates of three People ( father, drunkard and a transport worker) intersect in one day due to a small incident, in which their plans and fates change, so all of them try's to survive their day with the least possible losses.
Jul 2022
Azmi, a legal adviser refuses to sign the budget of the celebration of a project as it's twice what was spent on the project itself. He gets fired from his work, and decides to write a comprehensive report of all the daily atrocities in the hope of presenting it to higher authorities.
Jan 1986
In a sad land, violence takes over one of its girls, turning her life into a hell whose flames are fanned by those closest to her. Hayat, a simple girl lives governed by ignorance, bigotry, and deprivation. She spends her days according to what is destined for her, growing up without love, without dreams, without hope. One day, fate brings her a disaster from which there is no escape except a death sentence. At the moment death appears imminent, fate intervenes once again to open a new horizon for life, but with an irreplaceable loss. Hayat, a story of a journey through worlds of secrets, fear, and escape in search of salvation.
Jan 2025
The film talks about the pain hidden in the corners of the soul and the psychological breakdowns that accumulate day after day, fold upon fold, forming a heavy weight on the heart. They are small details related to the partner sometimes and to work and life circumstances other times, so a person becomes in need of confiding in order to purify his heart and soul and hear some of his groans for the one who is supposed to be his warm embrace, like a child who takes refuge in the arms of his parents after they had abused or become angry with him. Confession is a highly sincere emotional state and its whisper is like a stifled, choked scream. It is a film that talks about the simple cracks that, when they increase, threaten the relationship with the partner and warn of its collapse. It is a social film that moves between the depths of hearts, shedding light on those pains hidden within each of us.
Dec 2022
It tells the story of Syrian youth's struggles over travel and immigration concerns.
Dec 2017
The Yazerli is the foreman who provides work to day laborers. The film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the fractured thoughts of a young boy who is forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Using minimal dialogue but evocative music and sounds, separate vignettes introduce characters the boy encounters in a single workday. The filmmaker explores the child’s vivid imaginary world while tangibly conveying the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of a life spent in poverty and manual labor. Based on a novella by Hanna Mina.
Jan 1974