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The 15th International Festival
Signes de Nuit
Lisbonne
23 November - 3 December, 2017
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International Competition
Documentary
# 11 |
Sunday, November 26, 2017 / 3 pm
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbonne
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The War Show |
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Obaidah Zytoon, Andreas Dalsgaard
Danemark
2016 / 1:34:00
In March 2011, radio host Obaidah Zytoon and her circle of friends
join the street protests against President Bashar al-Assad, as the
Arab Spring reaches Syria. Knowing their country would be changed
forever, this group of artists and activists begin filming their lives
and the events around them. But as the regime’s violent response
spirals the country into a bloody civil war, their hopes for a better
future will be tested by violence, imprisonment and death. Obaidah
leaves Damascus and journeys around the country, from her hometown of
Zabadani, to the centre of the rebellion in Homs, and to northern
Syria where she witnesses the rise of extremism. A deeply personal
road movie, the film captures the fate of Syria through the intimate
lens of a small circle of friends. |
| PORTUGAL PREMIERE |
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November 23 - December 3, 2017
An international jury overview the sections of short films coming from all over the world. We prefer documentaries which succeed in representing the complexity of reality and discover in a new way its sensible and perturbing aspects on the same time accentuating the ambivalent and enigmatic status of reality in avoiding sterotypes and simplifing conclusions.
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