Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
In Coma, three women from three generations of a family live the drama of ordinary life during an extraordinary time in Syria.
COMA
- Sara Fattahi
- 2015
- Lebanon, Syria
- s.t. English
- 98 min
Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
With barrel bombs falling on Ghouta, the Eastern suburbs of Damascus, civilians seek shelter in their basements. The filmmaker is one of them. Holding on to his camera, he attempts to film what cannot not be expressed in words.
DOUMA UNDERGROUND
- Tim Alsiofi
- 2019
- Syria, Lebanon
- s.t. English
- 12 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Evoking anxiety through sensory elements, Syrian filmmaker Alhasan Yousef’s non-linear short conveys the anguish and powerlessness he feels around the fate of his homeland.
LOCUS CORDIS
- Alhasan Yousef
- 2023
- Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, Syria
- s.t. English
- 20 min
Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
Two dissidents embark on a perilous journey from Damascus to Raqqa and then into exile in Turkey as Syria tumbles into the abyss.
OUR TERRIBLE COUNTRY
- Ziad Homsi, Mohammad Ali Atassi
- 2014
- Lebanon, Syria
- s.t. English
- 80 min
Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
Two art students living a carefree life in Damascus decide to join the Syrian revolution by moving to Douma, a working-class suburb under rebel rule.
STILL RECORDING
- Saeed Albatal, Ghiath Ayoub
- 2018
- Lebanon, Syria, France, Germany
- s.t. English
- 120 min