A Syrian and a Somali Director on Their Displacement Film Fund Shorts and Cinema as an Act of Survival: Rotterdam

Mo Harawe and Hasan Kattan discuss ''Whispers of a Burning Scent' and 'Allies in Exile,' two of the first five shorts backed ...
The Daily Princetonian

Syrian film collective presents screening and Q&A

The act of filming takes on special meaning during times of war, Charif Kiwan, Syrian filmmaker and co-founder of the Abounaddara Collective, said on Monday. The collective’s films, titled "Syria: A ...

Berlinale's ‘The Other Side of the Sun,' Documentary About Notorious Syrian Prison, Picked Up by Andana Films (EXCLUSIVE)

French international sales company Andana Films has boarded Tawfik Sabouni's documentary “The Other Side of the Sun,” which ...

‘One in a Million' Review: A Poignant, Decade-Spanning Portrait of a Syrian Refugee Caught Between Two Ideas of Home

When you’ve only lived for a decade, the next one stretches ahead of you like an apparent eternity. To the elders raising you ...
UNHCR

Film changes the life of Syrian refugee boy and his family

NEW YORK – At 12, Syrian refugee Zain Al Rafeaa barely knew how to write his name. He was discovered in the streets of Beirut by Lebanese film director Nadine Labaki, who cast him to star in her new ...
Deadline.com

Syrian & Palestinian Stories Set For Cinemed & Aflamuna’s 4th Project Incubator Meeting

EXCLUSIVE: France’s Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, also known as Cinemed, and Beirut-based Arab cinema platform Aflamuna have unveiled the seven projects selected for its 4th project ...