The twisted hulk of homs, its corpses lying in the streets, its. 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. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait movie. He created silvered water, syria selfportrait, which screened at the cannes. Stars in broad daylight 1988 and sacrifices 2002 stars in broad daylight 1988 and sacrifices 2002 speakers. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedixans silvered water, syria selfportrait, featuring the footage of the ongoing killing going on in syria, filmed by the people struck by and in the middle of the violence, on their cellphones. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. 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. Syria selfportrait, the war show and little gandhi appeal to their distant spectators and how the international. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3 april 2, 2017 as a special discovery. Ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan 2014 while in political exile in paris, the syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed received an extraordinary facebook message from the kurdish teacher and activist wiam simav bedirxan from homs. Vimeo gives control freaks the power to tweak every aspect of their embedded videos. Abstractimages of the syrian crisis, circulating on the international film festival circuit as well as in mainstream and social media, help to construct narratives about those events, people and places.
From within the tension between my estrangement in france and the revolution, an encounter happened. Watch silvered water, syria selfportrait online 2014. Wiam simav bedirxan is a syrian kurdish documentary filmmaker from homs, who codirected the 2014 film silvered water, syria selfportrait with exiled filmmaker ossama mohammed. Unbearable to watch at times, yet utterly engrossing, silvered water features videos from over 1,001 syrians, according to parisbased syrian filmmaker ossama mohammad who codirected the film with kurdish activist. The collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 rotten. Film screening of maa alfidda silvered water, syria.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted. Tiff 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait ossama. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014. Codirected with wiam bedirxan, the film was also received with resounding critical acclaim, awarded numerous times and was released worldwide. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war. Silvered water, syria self portrait syria first hand. Director ossama mohammed told his public at the lisbonestoril film festival, where his film screened in competition last week, that he. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film, trailer, kritik kinozeit. Read a conversation with orwa nyrabia, the film s producer, by pamela cohn, on bomb daily later today. This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality of the syrian civil war as captured firsthand by both its victims and its perpetratorsor 1,001 ordinary syrians. This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality. The syrian filmmaker received the film s footage via mobile phone.
On silvered water, syria selfportrait bomb magazine. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait trailer. The institute promotes the work of students, faculty, visiting scholars, and policy practitioners who analyze and develop initiatives to address contemporary global problems. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival shot by a reported 1,001 syrians, according to the filmmakers, silvered water. The film has been recognized by important institutions as perhaps the most artisticallyaccomplished documentary on the war to date.
Film comments top 20, malick trailer, boogie nights oral history. 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 their country torn by civil war that has left nearly 500,000 dead and 11,000,000 homeless. Eau argentee, syrie autoportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. 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.
If you were here with your camera, what would you film. Heres an opportunity to learn how the crisis started and to see footage made by different sides of the crisis. Syrian filmmakers tell the stories you arent hearing about the syrian war. Mohammed edited the material simav shot herself in the besieged city together with excerpts from 1001. Join the pozen center, 3ct, and the department of cinema and media studies at a screening of silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014, a work by criticallyacclaimed filmmaker ossama mohammed. Their dialogue and, in particular, the material that simav sent mohammed, resulted in the shockingly powerful silvered water.
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. The music for this film was not composed after we finished the montage. Silvered water, syria selfportrait a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syria s civil war. 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. Dec 22, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs. Firsthand video accounts of the violence in syria filmed by activists in the city of homs. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film studies center. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedrixians powerful film confronts this quandary head on by challenging its audience not to be numbed by a series. The film does not lack for extraordinarily drastic scenes, but the one that will most likely stay with you the longest is of little omar making up conversations. The film gradually shifts from its shocking and disturbing undertone to form a highly reflective, and uniquely cinematic elegy. It is a selfportrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a selfreflective piece for ossama mohammed. A feature film by ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan. In paris, i can only film the sky and show these images on youtube, driven by my unshakeable love for syria. Before the film, syrian maqam singer and composer noma omran will perform a capella.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syrias civil war. It was sent to him by a young kurdish woman wiam simav bedirxan during the siege of homs. Silvered water, syria self portrait syria silvered water film difficulty ranking. Trailer for silvered water, syria selfportrait maa alfidda the astonishing collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed and young kurdish activist wiam simav bedirxan distills footage from thousands of clandestine videos to create a shattering, ontheground documentary chronicle of the ordeal being undergone by ordinary syrians in the ongoing civil war.
A necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syria s civil war. Silvered waters, syria selfportrait this documentary, directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossam mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, offers a rare. At the time when silvered water was filmed, its director ossama mohammed was in exile in paris. Bedirxan, silvered water, syria selfportrait premiered at seance speciale cannes film festival 2014 and later awarded the grierson award at bfi, before it was later released in cinemas in france and listed 3rd among the top10 films 2014 according to a survey of french press. In the year of timbuktus release, syrian filmmaker ossama mohammeds silvered water, syria selfportrait was also presented as a cannes film festivals official selection, out of competition. Film from the arab world is often more complex and nuanced. Read a conversation with orwa nyrabia, the films producer, by pamela cohn, on bomb daily later today. The silvered water of syria mon amour the japan times. The film has been recognized by important institutions as perhaps the most artistically. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a study in the process of mourning and an avowal of cinemas evolving revolutionary capacities. The film chronicles ossama mohammeds efforts to wrestle artistically with the politics of displacement and the shift from peaceful protests to catastrophic war. The documentary prize went to silvered water, syria selfportrait, a searing look at wars brutality by parisbased director ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, a schoolteacher who filmed.
Venerdi 5 dicembre 2014 alle 20 spazio oberdan, milano. The film chronicles ossama mohammed s efforts to wrestle artistically with the politics of displacement and the shift from peaceful protests to catastrophic war. Silvered water, syria self portrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war. Pages in category documentary films about the internet the following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. Oct 10, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Ossama mohammed is a syrian film director and screenwriter. Syria self portrait is a documentary directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan.
Pais espana director oskar santos guion oskar santos, jorge lara comic. Five films that will help you understand the modern arab world may 17, 2016 5. Five films that will help you understand the modern arab world. Jose escobar musica fernando velazquez fotografia daniel sosa segura reparto teo planell, toni gomez, elena anaya, iria castellano, maximo pastor, ana blanco. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is at once a landmark document of the syrian civil war, and an unforgettable testament to human courage and dignity. Jul 29, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed. Silvered water has been featured at the cannes and new york film festivals, as well as in beirut, istanbul, tunisia, and various parts of. Feb 06, 2019 less specifically, there is the entirety of silvered water, syria selfportrait, which im glad i saw once and only once.
Oct 17, 2014 never mind, once thomas goes home tomorrow il have plenty of free time too much, possibly, if im lucky. Bedirxan documented the siege of homs, sending footage via the internet to mohammed in paris. This article explores how three syrian documentaries silvered water. Syria selfportrait this film documents the destruction and atrocities of syria s 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 film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival. 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 2014 maa al fidda silvered water, syria selfportrait is one hour and 30 minutes of raw, visceral scenes from life in the wartorn country. Syria selfportrait is a poetic documentation of one of todays worst conflicts. 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. Its another example of how rich of a film silvered water, syria selfportrait is, a difficult but essential film. 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. 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. David dobkins film the judge, starring robert downey jr. He is currently living in exile in paris, where he collaborated on silvered water, syria selfportrait.
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. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer vimeo. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014. Its another example of how rich of a film silvered water, syria selfportrait is, a difficult but. Mohammed uses the film as a means to cope with his situation. 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. I can only film the sky and show these images on youtube, driven by my unshakeable love for syria. 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 school teacher. Silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Director ossama mohammed had lived in exile for many years when he was contacted by wiam simav bedirxan, a young kurdish activist.
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