Exiled syrian director, ossama mohammed, is perhaps syrias greatest living filmmaker. A necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syrias civil war. Syria selfportrait maa alfidda trailer castellano guia del ocio. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is at once a landmark document of the syrian civil war, and an unforgettable testament to human courage and dignity. Dec 17, 2014 the winner of the best documentary award at the london film festival this year, silvered water, syria self portrait is a document of the syrian uprising as told via found footage from youtube.
Film screening of maa alfidda silvered water, syria. May 17, 2016 five films that will help you understand the modern arab world may 17, 2016 5. The film builds an arch of the syrian story over more than two years, from the viewpoint of those the film calls the new filmmakers, from dera to douma, lattakia, banyas. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted on youtube. May 02, 2019 gradually shifting from its shocking and disturbing undertone to form a highly reflective and uniquely cinematic elegy, silvered water, syria selfportrait is at once a landmark document of the syrian civil war and an unforgettable testament to human courage and dignity. The collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed and young kurdish activist wiam simav bedirxan distills footage from 1,001 syrians and documents the destruction and atrocities of the civil war through a combination of eyewitness accounts shot on mobile phones and posted to the. Silvered water 2014 directed by ossama mohammed, wiam.
Syria self portrait 2014, is the result of a remarkable coproduction between ossama mohammed, a syrian filmmaker unable to return to his country due to the ongoing civil war whose search for images of the conflict led to a partnership with. I cant possibly allow anybody reading this to go and witness the monstrosities depicted in silvered water, syria selfportrait. Before the film, syrian maqam singer and composer noma omran will perform. Syria self portrait is a documentary directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. Film from the arab world is often more complex and nuanced. 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. It is a self portrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a self reflective piece for ossama mohammed who, from his parisian exile, takes us into his inner world of. The film is dedicated to a little boy named omar whom she also. 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 accounts. Mohammed uses the film as a means to cope with his situation.
The film 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 ontheground footage shot by bedirxan, an elementary. Film screening and discussion with ossama mohammed writerdirector and lisa wedeen university of chicago monday, may 6, 2019 6. The immediacy the film achieves is shocking, but it is also mediated by three things. Film screening of maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait thursday, november 10, 2016. Buy silvered water, syria selfportrait microsoft store. The collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama. The film gradually shifts from its shocking and disturbing undertone to form a highly reflective, and uniquely cinematic elegy. Oct 05, 2018 please join 3ct for a screening of silvered water, syria self portrait 2014. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film screening news.
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. 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. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer. A necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer vimeo. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda cineuropa. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a study in the process of mourning and an avowal of cinemas evolving revolutionary capacities. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014. Silvered water, syria self portrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war. Jun 15, 2016 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.
No matter how oppressive the atmosphere, it doesnt affect simavs enthusiasm as she films. From within the tension between my estrangement in france and the revolution, an encounter happened. Five films that will help you understand the modern arab world. Eau argentee, syrie autoportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. Five films that will help you understand the modern arab world may 17, 2016 5. Join the pozen center, 3ct, and the department of cinema and media studies at a screening of silvered water, syria self portrait 2014, a work by criticallyacclaimed filmmaker ossama mohammed. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film, trailer, kritik kinozeit. Silvered water, syria selfportrait with ossama mohammed and noma omran thursday, may 2, 2019 7. The film chronicles ossama mohammeds efforts to wrestle artistically with the politics of displacement and the shift from peaceful protests to catastrophic war. 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 or 1,001 ordinary syrians. It is the unique viewpoint of those young men and silvered water syria selfportrait. 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. Screening of ossama mohammeds silvered water, syria self. 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.
In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted. Silvered water, syria self portrait syria first hand. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait movie. His latest film, silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014, is a documentary that depicts the brutal reality of the syrian civil war as captured firsthand by both its victims and its perpetrators. Its when i see a film like this in a commercial cinema on friday night that i am happy to live in paris. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film studies center.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival. Silvered water, syria selfportrait a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syrias civil war. Unlike some films, nothing is hidden from silvered water the violence, the torture, the dead bodies are all real to see how important film is in documenting history. Trova trailer, recensioni e tutte le informazioni su silvered water, syria selfportrait di ossama mohammed,wiam bedirxan. 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 is a syrian film director and screenwriter.
This film is a compilation of 1001 images shot by syrian men and women. Sep 09, 2014 as silvered water, syria selfportrait opens, a title card claims 1,001 syrians helped make the film. It starts with footage of a dripping water tap surrounded by rubble. Silvered water, syria self portrait is a study in the process of mourning and an avowal of cinemas evolving revolutionary capacities. Trova trailer, recensioni e tutte le informazioni su silvered water, syria self portrait di ossama mohammed,wiam bedirxan. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 by wiam bedirxan.
Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014. He is currently living in exile in paris, where he collaborated on silvered water, syria selfportrait. Dec 29, 2014 i have not been able to stop thinking about silvered water, syria selfportrait. 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 syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. May 16, 2014 a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syrias civil war. In paris, i can only film the sky and show these images on youtube, driven by my unshakeable love for syria. This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality. Silvered water, syria selfportrait department of near. 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. Oct 27, 2018 a documentary that has transcended the document, nicholas elliot, bomb magazine silvered water. The film structures itself as something of a conversation between the two filmmakers, and even more elementally, between the dozens of amateur filmmakers whose images, originally posted to social media sites, allow the likely unprecedented access that silvered water, syria self portrait has to the horrors occurring in syria in the early 2010s. Syria selfportrait this film documents the destruction and atrocities of syrias war through a combination of eyewitness accounts, shot by a reported 1,001 syrians on mobile phones and posted to the internet, and footage shot by bedirxan during the siege of homs.
The silvered water of syria mon amour the japan times. Its a conceit borrowed from 102 minutes that changed america, a realtime account of 911 from amateur footage, but here its unafraid to show the gruesome brutality. The twisted hulk of homs, its corpses lying in the streets, its. Its another example of how rich of a film silvered water, syria selfportrait is, a difficult but essential film. Maa alfidda i cant possibly recommend ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans film. 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 reason for such a bold and unconfirmed claim is because of codirector ossama mohammeds reliance on footage from online sources.
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