Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014. Silvered water is a visual poem of raw pain from exiled syrian director ossama mohammed, a young kurdish woman under siege in. His latest film, silvered water, syria self portrait 2014, is a documentary that depicts the brutal reality of the syrian civil war as captured firsthand by both its victims and its perpetrators. The films structure reflects the fragmented nature of existence inside the regimeequally, of life in exile. If you were here with your camera, what would you film. A child wanders in the rubble of homs, syria, in ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria self portrait, which is being released in japan as syria mon amour. A feature film by ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan. See more of syria self portrait silvered water on facebook. It is also a very brave movie that embodies freedom through the very act of filming and making cinema. Other films, such as the remarkable silvered water, syrian self portrait 2014 have built a composite picture of the atrocities using mobile phone footage uploaded to the internet, or gone in to. Watch silvered water, syria selfportrait online 2014.
This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality. 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. Read a conversation with orwa nyrabia, the films producer, by pamela cohn, on bomb daily later today. Screening of ossama mohammeds silvered water, syria self. Download silvered water for free watch or stream free hd. Shot by 1,001 syrians according to the caption, this documentary is a relentless chronicle of the horrors of the war in syria told through pixelated eyewitness accounts shot on cell phones. Most people know general information about some of the worlds strictest regimes, but if you look further, the truth can be quite astonishing. This is silvered water, syria self portrait 2014 trailer eng by no nation films on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. More than mere documentary, silvered water functions as a reflection of the syrian experience itself. Silvered water, syria selfportrait syrien frankreich 2014, 92 min. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014. Silvered water, syria self portrait is the story of that encounter. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014. The film chronicles ossama mohammeds efforts to wrestle artistically with the politics of displacement and the shift from peaceful protests to catastrophic war.
A syrian self portrait, 2014, ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedrixan, 92 min. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film, trailer, kritik kinozeit. Mohammed edited the material simav shot herself in the besieged city together with excerpts from 1001. Join fandango vip for free it only takes a few seconds to join already a fandango vip. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the. A documentary that has transcended the document, nicholas elliot, bomb magazine silvered water. 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. 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 self portrait captures the utter hopelessness of whats going on in the world today, with a touch of a slim hope that cinema can help. Silvered water, syria self portrait is also a rare poetic work that powerfully expresses the humanity and perseverance of. Silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Silvered water, syria self portrait, follows exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed as he tries to make sense.
An astonishing collaboration between mohammed, forced into exile after speaking out against the assad regime. From within the tension between my estrangement in france and the revolution, an encounter happened. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is, it goes without saying, extremely difficult to watch. 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. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing silvered water, syria selfportrait near you. It is a self portrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a self reflective piece for ossama mohammed. A provocative, hardhitting account of life in syria during the civil war, and the pain of exile for syrians living abroad. Silvered water, syria selfportrait the 2014 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Silvered water chronicles the siege of homs, an early battle in syria s thennascent civil war. 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. 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.
Exiled syrian director, ossama mohammed, is perhaps syria s greatest living filmmaker. The silvered water of syria mon amour the japan times. Here are 12 documentaries which shed light on this phenomenon. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Buy silvered water, syria selfportrait microsoft store. Silvered water, syria self portrait a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syria s civil war. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syria france the collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed. Primewire, hulu, project free tv, letmewatchthis, 1channel, movie4k, tubeplus, online movies, free online films latest movies added and updated. In exile in paris, syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed was contacted by bedrixan, a school teacher in the city of homs, asking him what kinds of things she should shoot chronicling the. The film has been recognized by important institutions as perhaps the most artistically. Darat al funun presents silvered water, syria self portrait 2014. Shot by a reported 1,001 syrians according to the filmmakers, silvered water, syria self portrait 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.
Please note the feature will start following a selection of trailers and information relevant to the ica programme. 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 selfportrait, 2014 darat al funun. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedixans silvered water, syria selfportrait, featuring the footage of the ongoing. A young kurdish woman from homs began to chat with me, asking. 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. A combination of footage shot during the siege of homs by wiam simav bedirxan, a school teacher who had contacted ossama mohammed online to ask him what she should film around her, and syrians who used their mobile phones and posted their films on the internet, silvered water, syria self portrait is a chronicle of the horrors of the civil war. Primewire, hulu, project free tv, letmewatchthis, 1channel. Watch silvered water syria self portrait 2014 online, watch movies online, online movies silvered water syria self portrait 2014, download movie silvered water syria self portrait 2014. Please join 3ct for a screening of silvered water, syria self portrait 2014. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs.
Smokings the 2014 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. On silvered water, syria selfportrait bomb magazine. Silvered water, syria selfportrait department of near. 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. Perhaps this is the best mohammed could do under the circumstances. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer. Silvered water, syria self portrait is a study in the process of mourning and an avowal of cinemas evolving revolutionary capacities. Bedirxan, an elementary school teacher in homs, had contacted. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3. 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.
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