The future of Syrian cinema: a meeting in France
05 November 2025
On the sidelines of the Mediterranean Film Festival, a conference on the future of Syrian cinema, organised by French film industry figures, brought together a group of Syrian filmmakers spanning...
"My Father and Gaddafi"
01 October 2025
The journey of a Damascene mother in search of her forcibly disappeared Libyan husband.
The diasporic alienation of Syrian cinema
11 February 2020
It is our right as Syrians to be seen by the world and not judged according to conflicting news briefs.
New Syrian cinema: Young and gasping
14 January 2020
What are some of Syrian filmmakers' concerns today? How do they produce their films? And what challenges do they face? Here, Syrian filmmakers Dalia al-Kury, Iyad alJaroud and Layla Abyad...
Reading Through the Cryptic Messages of ‘The War Show’
31 July 2017
Unlike most documentaries produced in Syria since 2011, the filmmaker doesn't follow a single character story. She attempts to tell Syria's story through her own experiences, convictions and emotions.
