Oct 10, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Originally, yesmoke was an online store for cheap cigarettes, selling mainly philip morris to millions of customers around the world. Silvered water, syria self portrait trailer youtube. Watch silvered water, syria selfportrait online 2014 movie. When sales reached over one hundred million a year, big tobacco sued them for 550 million dollars, obligating them to shut their website down. On silvered water, syria selfportrait bomb magazine. Young monk tenzin zopa has spent most of his life studying at the feet of the esteemed geshe lama konchog. 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. Its a conceit borrowed from 102 minutes that changed america, a realtime account of 911 from amateur footage, but here its unafraid to show the. An encounter arose from the tension created by my distance, my country, and the revolution. Silvered waters, syria selfportrait this documentary, directed by exiled syrian filmmaker ossam mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, offers a rare. Download mp3 normal quality download mp3 high quality. Imitation game and men, women and children lead tech. Of course, the precise definition of a foreign film depends on where you live in the world, and for much of the world, which is fed a steady diet of bigbudget american studio movies, most of the movies that audiences have access to are foreign movies.
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. Jul 29, 2014 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. May 02, 2019 gradually shifting from its shocking and disturbing undertone to form a highly reflective and uniquely cinematic elegy, silvered water, syria self portrait is at once a landmark document of the syrian civil war and an unforgettable testament to human courage and dignity. Silvered water not available on your favorite video service. Director ossama mohammed told his public at the lisbonestoril film festival, where his film screened in competition last week, that he.
In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i. It is a selfportrait of syrians and their revolution, but it is also a selfreflective piece for ossama mohammed. It is, however, an immensely important documentation of syria s ongoing civil war. The silvered water of syria mon amour the japan times. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3 april 2, 2017 as a special discovery. 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. Syria selfportrait is missing the other half of the film, in order to be a complete and whole picture about the syrian war. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 trailer vimeo. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs. Downloading and editing images in paris, mohammed allows us to witness. Silvered water, syria selfportrait a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syrias civil war. By editing together youtube shots of horror, by repeating them. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxans silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014 is showing from march 3. As a new york woman, post911, i was desperate to stimulate curiosity in my fellow citizens of the west, about arab communities maligned by the media. 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. A young kurdish woman from homs began to chat with me, asking. Press service press statements accreditation downloadsphotos press quotes print sources. 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. Dec 17, 2014 the winner of the best documentary award at the london film festival this year, silvered water, syria selfportrait is a document of the syrian uprising as told via found footage from youtube. Please join 3ct for a screening of silvered water, syria selfportrait 2014. If your camera were here, in homs, what would you be filming.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait impressionistically documents. However, now, he lives far away from syria, in paris, france. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait trailer. Hope and safety in syria lie underground inside the subterranean hospital known as the cave, where a young, female pediatrician and her male colleagues work as equals. Maa alfidda silvered water, syria selfportrait movie. The winner of the best documentary award at the london film festival this year, silvered water, syria selfportrait is a document of the syrian uprising as told via found footage from youtube. Venerdi 5 dicembre 2014 alle 20 spazio oberdan, milano. Liz waid and adam navis tell about a film about real life in the syrian civil war. Dec 22, 2014 silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014 trailer english subs. 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. Silvered water, syria selfportrait syrienfrankreich 2014, 92 min. From within the tension between my estrangement in france and the revolution, an encounter happened. Pais espana director oskar santos guion oskar santos, jorge lara comic. Tenzin journeys throughout nepal, from one small village to another, in.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait a necessary, often unbearable documentary that bears vital witness to the horrors of syria s civil war. This story is part of a film about syrias civil war. Silvered water, syria selfportrait with ossama mohammed. 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. Bedirxan documented the siege of homs, sending footage via the internet to muhammad in paris, in order to make silvered water, syria selfportrait, which had its world premiere at the 2014 cannes film festival. Syria had recently been admitted to the axis of evil, so i moved there with a camera, and traveled alone throughout the country from 2004 through 2006. Wiam simav bedirxan is a syrian kurdish documentary filmmaker from homs, who codirected the 2014 film silvered water, syria selfportrait with exiled filmmaker usama muhammad.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait is also a rare poetic work that powerfully expresses the humanity and perseverance of. The film premiered in the special screenings section of the 2014 cannes film festival. 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. Its another example of how rich of a film silvered water, syria selfportrait is, a difficult but essential film. Pages in category documentary films about the internet the following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. Imitation game and men, women and children lead techfocused films of 2014. Silvered water, syria selfportrait, follows exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed as he tries to make sense. Vimeo gives control freaks the power to tweak every aspect of their embedded videos. Silvered water, syria self portrait is the story of that encounter. Trailer for silvered water, syria selfportrait maa alfidda the astonishing collaboration between exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed and young kurdish activist wiam simav bedirxan distills footage from thousands of clandestine videos to create a shattering, ontheground documentary chronicle of the ordeal being undergone by ordinary syrians in the ongoing civil war.
Syria selfportrait is a poetic documentation of one of todays worst conflicts. The film society of lincoln center was founded in 1969 to celebrate american and international cinema, to recognize and support new filmmakers, and to enhance awareness, accessibility and understanding of the art among a broad and diverse film going audience. Syrian filmmakers tell the stories you arent hearing about the syrian war. May 15, 2014 cannes france reuters an old mans white hair suddenly changes to red in eau argentee, syrie autoportrait silvered water, syria self portrait by exiled syrian filmmaker ossama mohammed.
He created silvered water, syria selfportrait, which screened at the cannes. Silvered water invites us to immerse ourselves in the unimaginable while making us equally cognizant of our political impotence. Read a conversation with orwa nyrabia, the films producer, by pamela cohn, on bomb daily later today. Syria self portrait silvered water maa alfidda trailer youtube. Jose escobar musica fernando velazquez fotografia daniel sosa segura reparto teo planell, toni gomez, elena anaya, iria castellano, maximo pastor, ana blanco. 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. In paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for syria, i find that i can only film the sky and edit the footage posted. Still from silvered water, syria selfportrait, 20, directed by wiam simav. In order to create this testimony to human suffering.
Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedixans silvered water, syria selfportrait, featuring the footage of the ongoing. This devastating and highly important film depicts the brutal reality. Screening of ossama mohammeds silvered water, syria self. It is, however, an immensely important documentation of syrias ongoing civil war. Silvered water, syria selfportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. The film has been recognized by important institutions as perhaps the most artistically. Silvered water, syria selfportrait eau argentee 2014. He is currently living in exile in paris, where he collaborated on silvered water, syria selfportrait. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing silvered water, syria selfportrait near you. Oct 05, 2018 please join 3ct for a screening of silvered water, syria self portrait 2014.
Silvered water, syria selfportrait screens at the 52nd new york film festival on wednesday, october 8. Ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedixans silvered water, syria self portrait, 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. Eau argentee, syrie autoportrait is a syrian documentary film about the syrian civil war, directed by ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan. Director ossama mohammed had lived in exile for many years when he was contacted by wiam simav bedirxan, a young kurdish activist. Buy silvered water, syria selfportrait microsoft store. Silvered water, syria selfportrait maa al fidda north american premiere ossama mohammed and wiam simav bedirxan, syriafrance the. Syria documentary, mali jihad feature make cannes current.
Following their incredible efforts as they contend with daily bombardments, chronic supply shortages, and the everpresent threat of chemical attacks, the cave paints a stirring portrait of courage, resilience and female solidarity. This story is part of a film about syria s civil war. In paris, i can only film the sky and show these images on youtube, driven by my unshakeable love for syria. Silvered waters, syria selfportrait 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. And it was recorded by normal syrian citizens, like bedirxan.
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