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    • Ayouni – In production
    • Found in Translation
    • Rebel Geeks – Steal from the Capitalists
    • Queens of Syria
    • Siamo Tornati / We are back
    • A Tale of Two Syrias
    • Waiting for Spring
    • Breadmakers
    • Moving Pictures
    • Milking the Desert
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  • Ayouni – In production

    90 mins  – In Production Director Yasmin Fedda  //  Producers – Hugh Hartford & Elhum Shakerifar In 2011 Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both active in the revolution in 2011, they were witnesses to crimes and aggression before they were […]

  • Found in Translation

    Found in Translation – A Digital Poetry Project A series of 9 short films featuring poetry and translations by UK and Iraqi based writers, made with Highlight Arts. A filmpoem based on Kei Millers poem ‘A Ghazal for the Tethered Goats’. 2:00 mins | English with Arabic subtitles | Arabic translation by Miriam al Attar […]

  • Rebel Geeks – Steal from the Capitalists

    25 mins, 2015 As the Twitter co-creator returns to activism, his fellow hackers question the techniques he brings from Silicon Valley. Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath is a coder, activist, anarchist, and a hacker. He is also one of the original developers of Twitter. Henshaw-Plath believes that, as a tech activist, his role is to promote social justice, and he […]

  • Queens of Syria

    70  mins, 2014 Queens of Syria tells the story of fifty women from Syria, all forced  into exile in Jordan, who came together in Autumn 2013 to create and perform their own version of the Trojan Women, the timeless Ancient Greek tragedy all about the plight of women in war. What followed was an extraordinary moment of […]

  • Siamo Tornati / We are back

    8 mins, 2013 As a reaction against the cuts in public services and a high rise in unemployment, social occupations are growing across Italy. In the San Giovanni district of Rome, boxing teacher Gianni and other sports trainers and activists have come together to create S.C.u.P (sport e cultura popolare) a popular gym, school and […]

  • Waiting for Spring

    25 mins, 2011 Renowned and outspoken Syrian poet Hala Mohammad explains how she thinks poetry is central to the political change underway in the Middle East, and especially to the fight against Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president. Her work is respected for tackling memory, fear, alienation and loneliness and they are feelings which pervade this […]

  • A Tale of Two Syrias

    2012, 64 mins, UK /Syria Salem is an Iraqi fashion designer in Damascus. Botrus lives a remote existence in a hillside monastery. This consistently insightful and unexpected documentary offers a unique perspective on what the dream of freedom means to two very different people in the face of a brutal regime, creating a vital snapshot […]

  • Moving Pictures

    2009, 16 mins John, Catriona, Stewart and Michael are all artists with learning disabilities working at the Garvald Centre making ceramics, collage, paintings and drawings. This film follows their process’ of making art for an exhibition in Edinburgh, and bringing the artworks to life through animation. Director & Editor – Yasmin Fedda / Director of Animations […]

  • Milking the Desert

    25 mins, 2004 Frederic came from France to become a novice at the St. Moses Abyssinian monastery in the desert of Syria. We follow him and Syrian monk Boutrous through their daily chores and routines: milking goats, making cheese and praying. Their lives create a backdrop for Muslim and Christian relations in the area. Director, […]

  • Breadmakers

    2007, 11 mins At a unique Edinburgh bakery, a community of workers with learning disabilities makes a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to shops and cafes in the city .The Garvald Bakery is part of a centre inspired by the ideas of Rudolph Steiner where the workers realise their potential for self-discovery and […]

October 30, 2014April 13, 2018

World Premiere of Queens of Syria at Abu Dhabi Film Festival

August 5, 2014April 13, 2018

Siamo Tornati at Molise Cinema Festival, Italy

July 14, 2014April 13, 2018

Interview with Birds Eye View on Breadmakers

July 11, 2014April 13, 2018

Breadmakers at Art on the Underground

October 24, 2013April 13, 2018

Interview about A Tale of Two Syrias in Erenlai Magazine

February 26, 2013April 13, 2018

Rome Occupied

February 26, 2013April 13, 2018

Review of A Tale of Two Syrias in Eye for Film

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