Topic: Syrian War

Direction Waad al-Kateab · Edward Watts

Synopsis A young woman's struggles with love, war and motherhood over the span of five years in Syria.

Direction Christopher Martin

Cast Ziad Abaza · Janine Birkett · Julian Lewis Jones · Karine Myriam Lapouble

Synopsis On 13 February 2012, two journalists entered war-ravaged Syria. One of them was celebrated Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin. The other was photographer, Paul Conroy. Their aim was to cover the plight of Syrian civilians trapped in Homs, a...

Direction Ghiath Ayoub · Saeed Al Batal

Cast Ghiath Ayoub · Saeed Al Batal

Synopsis "Still Recording" is a feature documentary that follows art students Saeed and Milad, who decide to leave Damascus and go to Douma, a suburb under rebel control. Over more than four years, the film depicts the two friends and their...

Direction Hernán Zin

Synopsis The Syrian Civil War has obliged four million children to abandon their homes. 'Born in Syria' tells the story of those children through seven stories of suffering and despair, but also of overcoming, innocence, courage and hope.

Direction Wiam Bedirxan · Ossama Mohammed

Cast Wiam Bedirxan

Synopsis In Syria, everyday, YouTubers film then die; others kill then film. In Paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for Syria, I find that I can only film the sky and edit the footage posted. From within the tension between my...

Direction Talal Derki

Synopsis For more than two years Talal Derki lives with the family of Abu Osama, an Al-Nusra fighter in a small village in northern Syria, focusing his camera mainly on the children. From a young age, the boys are trained to...

Direction Matthew Heineman

Synopsis This is the story of a new type of warfare: a battle over ideas, over hearts and minds, over clicks and views.

Direction Firas Fayyad

Synopsis Amidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources.

Direction Alba Sotorra

Synopsis Hit by 5 bullets, commander Arian experiences the cost of war in the flesh as she is forced to redefine her role in the struggle for women's freedom.

Direction Andrzej Klamt

Synopsis With key witnesses, a look back over nine years of a war made inextricable by the competing interests of the factions in presence and the foreign powers.

Direction Philippe Van Leeuw

Cast Hiam Abbass · Diamand Bou Abboud · Juliette Navis · Mohsen Abbas

Synopsis Trapped inside her house in a city under siege, Oum Yazan, mother of three, turned her flat into a safe harbor for her family and neighbors, trying to protect them from the war outside. When bombs threaten to destroy the...

Direction Sally El Hosaini

Cast Manal Issa · Nathalie Issa · Matthias Schweighöfer · Ali Suliman

Synopsis A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Direction Niels Arden Oplev · Anders W. Berthelsen

Cast Esben Smed Jensen · Toby Kebbell · Charlie Carrick · Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Synopsis The story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured by ISIS in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days.

Direction Jonathan Millet

Cast Adam Bessa · Tawfeek Barhom · Julia Franz Richter · Hala Rajab

Synopsis Hamid joins a secret group tracking Syrian regime leaders on the run. His mission takes him to France, pursuing his former torturer for a fateful confrontation.

Direction Sebastian Junger · Nick Quested

Synopsis A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world.

Direction Floor van der Meulen · Thomas Vroege · Issa Touma

Synopsis One morning in August 2012, renowned Syrian photographer Issa Touma saw young men lugging sandbags into his street. It turned out to be the start of the Syrian uprising in the city of Aleppo. Touma grabbed his camera and spent...

Direction Mayte Carrasco

Direction Matthew Heineman

Cast Rosamund Pike · Jamie Dornan · Tom Hollander · Jesuthasan Antonythasan

Synopsis A biopic about legendary american war correspondent Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike), a woman who reported from conflicts including Kosovo, Chechnya, East Timor and the Middle East. In a world where journalism is under attack, Colvin is one of the most...

Direction Steen Johannessen · Firas Fayyad

Synopsis After five years of war in Syria, Aleppo's remaining residents prepare themselves for a siege. Khalid, Subhi and Mahmoud, founding members of The White Helmets, have remained in the city to help their fellow citizens-and experience daily life, death, struggle...

Direction Evgeny Afineevsky

Synopsis An exploration of the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the devastating civil war that has defined the country over the last five years.