by Maya Mounayer
Film Synopsis: Salam Al Zuheiry is a former Iraqi sculptor. He committed to the religion and became a Sabian religious-man, because of feeling painfully and losing the identity as he says. Salam still lives with his family as a refugee in Damascus since 2004 despite of that it's now the capital of a country that is going through one of the biggest immigration in this century. That inspires him to go back to sculpture after stopping for 12 years. He is getting over the problem of sculptor/religious-man so he sculpts his sculpture: "the-scream" which represents his scream to stop this humanity fragmentation. The film takes place in Jaramana Ville with Zuheiry’s family and through them we ask the identity and effect questions as they try to live and positively integrate in a country that was swallowed by the war. The film starts at the legend of Mesopotamian-flood and tells us about life recovering after the total destruction.
Film screening followed by a Q&A with film director Maya Mounayer moderated by Nidal Debs.
Year: 2017 / Genre: Documentary / Original Version: Arabic (English subtitles) / Film Run: 76 min Filming Location: Damascus, Syria / Production: Cinémaya Production, Damascus, Syria / Co-Founder: Ettijahat -Independent Culture, Goethe-Institut Libanon/ Cinematography and Production: Maya Mounayer / Editing: Mohammad Ali Maleh / Music & sound FX: Samir Kwefati / Coloring & FXV: Moneer Marzouk / Mastering: Rawad A. Massih / Sound Operators: Isis Mohammad, Rami Khoury / Technical support: Mohammad Aji
Cast: Salam Al Zuheiry, Hanaa Saleh- Al Zuheiry, Noura Al Zuheiry, Anwar Al Zuheiry, Yohan Al Zuheiry, Cheikh Raad Al Hani and sculptor Fadi Yazegi
Born in Damascus,
Maya Mounayer is a Syrian film maker, cinematographer and producer. She studied theatre criticism at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria and then Film Directing at C.L.C.F. in Paris. She holds a Master’s degree in Cinema from the University of Paris I. Maya has worked as a cinematographer and a producer for various films such as “Memory Box” and “Al Mouhajiran” and as an Assistant Director in a TV series and plays such as "Rijal Al-Hassm” (2009) and "Omar Ben-AbdulAziz" (2004). In 2013 she established the company Cinémaya for production and services. She finished her first feature documentary “Home Of The Rivers” in 2017 and is currently working on documentaries in Syria as a Filmmaker.
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