The news articles, tweets, and blog posts do not represent imdbs opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Silvered water, syria selfportrait documentary phi centre. If you were here with your camera, what would you film. Mahmoud said egypt, 18971964 self portrait we use cookies to remember choices you make on functionality and personal features to enhance your experience to our site. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted on youtube. It is also a very brave movie that embodies freedom through the very act of filming and making cinema. It is a selfportrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a selfreflective piece for ossama mohammed who, from his parisian exile. As silvered water, syria selfportrait opens, a title card claims 1,001 syrians helped make the film. Syria mon amour, the japan title of silvered water, syria selfportrait, is a direct homage to alan resnais 1959 classic antiwar movie hiroshima mon amour and reflects a. This humble image, so far as anyone knows, can claim all of the following honorifics first instance of intentional photographic fakery. The dialogue about the images mohammed receives in paris forms the centre of this documentary not quite the right word here for these images of torture and death. Mohammed edited the material simav shot herself in the besieged city together with excerpts from 1001.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. Director ossama mohammed told his public at the lisbonestoril film festival, where his film screened in competition last week, that he wanted. Information studio les films dici proaction film genre documentary released 2014. From within the tension between my estrangement in france and the revolution, an encounter happened. 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. An encounter arose from the tension created by my distance. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedixans silvered water, syria selfportrait, featuring the footage of the ongoing killing going on in syria, filmed by the people struck by and in the middle of the violence, on their cellphones. Mohammed, a syrian filmmaker, left his country in forced exile back in 2011 as the syrian civil war broke out. Watch silvered water, syria selfportrait online 2014.
The twisted hulk of homs, its corpses lying in the streets, its. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is, it goes without saying, extremely difficult to watch. He is currently living in exile in paris, where he collaborated on silvered water, syria selfportrait. Eau argentee, syrie autoportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. A syrian selfportrait, 2014, ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedrixan, 92 min. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee, s. A dead body as part of selfie exhibition artnet news. Watch silvered water, syria selfportrait online 2014 movie. Syria selfportrait, the war show and little gandhi appeal to their distant spectators and how the international film festival circuit shapes their aesthetic form. Director ossama mohammed, wiam bedirxan genres documentary. Read more 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.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. Shot by a reported 1,001 syrians according to the filmmakers, silvered water, syria selfportrait 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. However, now, he lives far away from syria, in paris, france. And it was recorded by normal syrian citizens, like bedirxan. Jun 22, 20 the artist, who now lives in london and is the lead curator of the exhibition, said the painting is also a kind of self portrait, reflecting his guilt at being an exile while his country suffers. Syria 2014 92mins directed by ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan to mark the release of a syrian love story, this is a chance to see another and very different exploration of syria, and exile from syria. The shots are not constructed, nor do not have even edges. Sep, 2017 this documentary, directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossam mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, offers a rare glimpse inside the hermetic world of syria during the early stages of its civil war, chronicling the siege of homs through a combination of eyewitness accounts posted to the internet and onthe ground footage shot by bedirxan, an elementary school teacher. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival. 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. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait trailer. A look at firsthand video accounts of violence in modernday syria as filmed by activists in the besieged city of homs. Dec 22, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs unifrance. A look at firsthand video accounts of violence in modernday syria as.
The woman was wiam simav bedirxan, codirector with ossama mohammed of silvered water, syria selfportrait. Syria selfportrait this film documents the destruction and atrocities of syrias war through a combination of eyewitness accounts, shot by a reported 1,001 syrians on mobile phones and posted to the internet, and footage shot by bedirxan during the siege of homs. I wish nobody had to witness what wiam simav bedirxan saw, and i wish little omar and all those other wonderful little creatures didnt have to think of what is depicted in this film as life. Its another example of how rich of a film silvered water, syria selfportrait is, a difficult but essential film. An astonishing collaboration between mohammed, forced into exile after.
The reason for such a bold and unconfirmed claim is because of codirector ossama mohammeds reliance on footage from online sources. Syria selfportrait is a poetic documentation of one of todays worst conflicts. Exiled syrian director, ossama mohammed, is perhaps syrias greatest living filmmaker. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer eng on. 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. 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. Buy silvered water, syria selfportrait microsoft store. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film, trailer, kritik kinozeit. Silvered water, syria selfportrait a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syrias civil war. Jose escobar musica fernando velazquez fotografia daniel sosa segura reparto teo planell, toni gomez, elena anaya, iria castellano, maximo pastor, ana blanco. Jan 28, 2015 the exhibition self at turner contemporary features a most unlikely selfie. May 15, 2014 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. But more than anything, i wish there hadnt been a reason for silvered water, syria selfportrait to exist. One of the most essential documentaries of the last few years, ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans aggressively personal silvered water, syria selfportrait stands out for its raw directness and pained indirectness.
An astonishing collaboration between mohammed, forced into exile after speaking out against the assad regime. Bedirxan, an elementary school teacher in homs, had contacted. How to cook your life the 2007 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Mohammed is a syrian living in exile in paris, and living in exile he has assembled a diaryessayportraitbiography of. While the use of citizen videos in news reporting has generated a sense of familiarity with the audio. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Silvered water, syria selfportrait film studies center. 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. This article explores how three syrian documentaries silvered water. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. The film has been recognized by important institutions as perhaps the most artistically. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival. Silvered water is in essence a collective selfportrait of syrians at a time of tragedy.
In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. This story is part of a film about syria s civil war. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014. Silvered water premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival and won the london film festival grierson award for best documentary in 2014. Watch how to cook your life online 2007 movie yidio. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer festival 2014. Director ossama mohammed had lived in exile for many years when he was contacted by wiam simav bedirxan, a young kurdish activist. 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. In this case, however, there is one voice that stands out, and we particularly remember the images filmed by one person.
Stub this article has been rated as stubclass on the projects. The silvered water of syria mon amour the japan times. Pais espana director oskar santos guion oskar santos, jorge lara comic. The film chronicles ossama mohammeds efforts to wrestle artistically with the politics of displacement and.
From the besieged city of homs, a young kurdish woman named simav wrote to mohammed, asking him what he would do in her place, how he. If your camera were here, in homs, what would you be filming. Silvered water, syria selfportrait the institute for. It is a selfportrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a selfreflective piece for ossama mohammed. Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 filmaffinity. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the. Firsthand video accounts of the violence in syria filmed by activists in the city of homs. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed. One day, a young kurdish filmmaker, simav bedirxan, asks him for advice on what to shoot. 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. Exiled syrian director ossama mohammeds documentary depicts the brutal reality of the syrian civil war as captured firsthand by both its victims and its perpetrators. Mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, 2014, the war show. This is silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer eng by no nation films on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. Watch silvered water, syria selfportrait online watch online anytime.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a study in the process of mourning and an avowal of cinemas evolving revolutionary capacities. A feature film by ossama mohammed, wiam simav bedirxan. A documentary that has transcended the document, nicholas elliot, bomb magazine silvered water. His latest film, silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014, is a documentary that depicts the brutal reality of the syrian civil war as captured firsthand by both its victims and its perpetrators. Venerdi 5 dicembre 2014 alle 20 spazio oberdan, milano. This photograph, shot in 1840 and titled self portrait as a drowned man, is not of a drowned man, and if it had been it would be far less interesting or important. In paris, i can only film the sky and show these images on youtube, driven by my unshakeable love for syria. She was thin because its hard to get a square meal in a city under siege. Film screening and discussion with ossama mohammed writerdirector and lisa wedeen university of chicago monday, may 6, 2019 6.
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