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13.06.23 / 19h

CIVA

Synopsis

An allegorical tale of female emancipation set amidst the Syrian conflict in Damascus, about a family who decides to stay behind in the besieged area. When a shell rips a giant hole in the roof of the building where 14-year-old Zeina and her family live, they are suddenly exposed to the outside world. One day a young boy living nearby lowers a rope through the openingin the family’s roof and Zeina discovers her first taste of freedom. Whilst her father is determined to stay in his home and not become a refugee, this new window opens up an unimaginable world of possibilities to her and her mother who now face a dilemma of whether to stay or leave.

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Credits

Director:

Soudade Kaadan

Year:

2022

Duration:

103

min

Country:

Syria

Language:

Arabic

Awards

Winner at Venice Film Festival (Italy) : Audience Award & Lanterna Magica Award

Nominated at the Girls on Film Awards (England) : Best Cinematographer

Nominated at the Fribourg International Film Festival (Switzerland) : International Competition

Nominated at the London Film Festival (England) : Official Competition

Nominated at the British Independent Film Awards (England) : Best Lead Performance & Best Effects

Nominated at the Red Sea Film Festival (Saudi Arabia) : Best Movie

Nominated at the International Film Festival of India (India) : Best Film

Director's Biography

Born in France in 1979, Soudade Kaadan studied theater criticism in Damascus (Syria), then cinema at the Institut des Études Scénique, Audiovisuelles et Cinématographiques (IESAV) at Saint Joseph University in Beirut (Lebanon). She has made documentaries for the UNDP, UNICEF and Aljazeera. Her first feature-length documentary, Looking for Pink, won the Martine Filippi Discovery Award – Grand Prix international Urti du documentaire d’auteur de Monte Carlo 2010. His short documentary Damascus Roof and Tales of Paradise won a prize at the Dubai Festival.

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