Syria Movies

Darên bitenê is a fascinating documentary exploring the “dengbej” musical heritage of the singers, poets and storytellers...

Anemone is a Syrian play of purposeful and distinctive plays in the Arab world, and it is one of the socio-political plays, written by Muhammad...

Bassel Shehadeh's last film.

A short, oneiric video in which a two-faced camera attacks its subject.

A smuggled camera slips into the heart of Hama. Amid hidden faces and disguised voices, one woman stands unmasked: Fidaa Al Hourani: doctor and...

Based on novel by Ghada al-Samman.

Germany, September 2014. A Syrian refugee camp has opened on the outskirts of Berlin. Visual artist and filmmaker Ammar al-Beik has a cubicle...

An experimental film made by Bassel Shehadeh in the fall of 2011 while studying at Syracuse University in New York. The film is based on Mahmoud...

A subtle portrait of an elderly tailor who, following the arrest of his favorite son feels strongly disappointed by life and by the general...

Hessan is a Syrian poet and the father of four blind daughters. He hides the war from his kids. He has been invited to attend a poetry forum, but...

An experimental theatre project is touring Syria. Through interactive plays, they investigate violence in its different forms and question...

The tragic fate of both one family and the Armenian people is expressed through the strikingly minimalist prism of one picture, whilst the resilience...

​Gabi is a young musician and composer with special needs. He suffers from a rare disease called "osteoporosis", which is accompanied by...

At a bus stop caught between worlds, two very different birds cross paths and what starts as an innocent encounter quickly spirals into a wildly...

Two sworn friends, who commit fraud against women and compete in hunting victims of wealthy women, decide to cooperate after one of them threatens...

The film tells two love stories: one set in the city, the other in the countryside. Though shaped by different circumstances, both end in love left...

In 2017, a group of women set out to create an all-women village in North-East Syria (Rojava). They built it using traditional materials and...

The filmmaker’s directorial debut after joining the National Film Organization, this short documentary follows young children in preschool as...

Seven Damascenes, eight years apart, one collective trauma. This is the story of a city and the psychological scars its people bear from years of war.

In the Syrian mountains of Al Ghalamoun, overlooking the vast desert, stands the ancient Christian monastery of Mar Musa—a beacon of interfaith...