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Damascus Dreams (2021)
Directed by Émilie Serri
Documentary · 1h 21m
Émilie Serri was born in Canada. She had only visited Syria, her father’s country, a few times prior to the start of the civil war. Following her grandmother’s death, a desire grew within her to form a stronger connection to this country of which she knew so little. Serri studied old family photos and films, interviewed members of her family and other Syrians forced to flee their homeland, and in this documentary mixes her own memories with theirs. For some, Syria remains as alive and present as the scent of jasmine, while others' memories have already faded. They don’t usually talk about it, wishing to spare their children the traumas of the past: “They must look to the future.”
Crew
- Director
- Émilie Serri
- Director of Photography
- Andréanne Chartrand-Beaudry, Émilie Serri, Olivier Gossot, Robin Pineda Gould
- Editor
- Omar Elhamy, Émilie Serri
- Producer
- Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre
Details
- Release date
- 2021-06-02
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, French
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Portage Films inc.